CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I The Conquest of the Air
CHAPTER II "A B C's" of a Balloon
CHAPTER III Early Balloon Adventures
CHAPTER IV The Parachute
CHAPTER V Ballooning in the Great War
CHAPTER I Development of the Dirigible
CHAPTER II Forerunners of the Allied Dirigibles
CHAPTER III Dirigibles in the World War
CHAPTER I Early Experiments with Heavier-than-Air Machines
CHAPTER II First Principles of an Airplane
CHAPTER III The Pioneers
CHAPTER IV The Airplane in the World War
CHAPTER V Some of the Problems the Inventors Had to Solve
CHAPTER VI Famous Allied Airplanes
CHAPTER VII German Airplanes in the World War
CHAPTER VIII Heroes of the Air
CHAPTER IX The Birth of an Airplane
CHAPTER X The Training of an Aviator
CHAPTER XI The Future Story of the Air
READING LIST
INDEX
THE ROMANCE OF AIRCRAFT
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