My Airships; The Story of My Life
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1. MY AIRSHIPS2. MY AIRSHIPS3. INTRODUCTORY FABLE THE REASONING OF CHILDREN4. CHAPTER I THE COFFEE PLANTATION5. CHAPTER II PARIS—PROFESSIONAL BALLOONISTS—AUTOMOBILES6. CHAPTER III MY FIRST BALLOON ASCENT7. CHAPTER IV MY "BRAZIL"—SMALLEST OF SPHERICAL BALLOONS8. CHAPTER V THE REAL AND THE IMAGINARY DANGERS OF BALLOONING9. CHAPTER VI I YIELD TO THE STEERABLE BALLOON IDEA10. CHAPTER VII MY FIRST AIR-SHIP CRUISES (1898)11. CHAPTER VIII HOW IT FEELS TO NAVIGATE THE AIR12. CHAPTER IX EXPLOSIVE ENGINES AND INFLAMMABLE GASES13. CHAPTER X I GO IN FOR AIRSHIP BUILDING14. CHAPTER XI THE EXPOSITION SUMMER15. CHAPTER XII THE DEUTSCH PRIZE AND ITS PROBLEMS16. CHAPTER XIII A FALL BEFORE A RISE17. CHAPTER XIV THE BUILDING OF MY "NO. 6"18. CHAPTER XV WINNING THE DEUTSCH PRIZE19. CHAPTER XVI A GLANCE BACKWARD AND FORWARD20. CHAPTER XVII MONACO AND THE MARITIME GUIDE ROPE21. CHAPTER XVIII FLIGHTS IN MEDITERRANEAN WINDS22. CHAPTER XIX SPEED23. CHAPTER XX AN ACCIDENT AND ITS LESSONS24. CHAPTER XXI THE FIRST OF THE WORLD'S AIR-SHIP STATIONS25. CHAPTER XXII MY "NO. 9," THE LITTLE RUNABOUT26. CHAPTER XXIII THE AIR-SHIP IN WAR27. CHAPTER XXIV PARIS AS A CENTRE OF AIR-SHIP EXPERIMENTS28. CONCLUDING FABLE MORE REASONING OF CHILDREN