The Curtiss Aviation Book
Glenn Hammond Curtiss and Augustus Post
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1. Front matter2. PART I BOYHOOD AND EARLY EXPERIMENTS OF GLENN H. CURTISS by Augustus Post3. CHAPTER I THE COMING AIRMEN AN INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER4. CHAPTER II BOYHOOD DAYS5. CHAPTER III BUILDING MOTORS AND MOTORCYCLE RACING6. CHAPTER IV BALDWIN'S BALLOON7. PART II MY FIRST FLIGHTS by Glenn H. Curtiss8. CHAPTER I BEGINNING TO FLY9. CHAPTER II FIRST FLIGHTS10. CHAPTER III THE "JUNE BUG" FIRST FLIGHTS FOR THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN TROPHY AND FIRST EXPERIMENTS WITH THE HYDROAEROPLANE11. CHAPTER IV FIRST FLIGHTS IN NEW YORK CITY12. PART III MY CHIEF FLIGHTS AND THE WORK OF TO-DAY by Glenn H. Curtiss13. CHAPTER I THE RHEIMS MEET FIRST INTERNATIONAL AEROPLANE CONTEST14. CHAPTER II HUDSON-FULTON CELEBRATION FIRST AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL MEET, AT LOS ANGELES15. CHAPTER III FLIGHT DOWN THE HUDSON RIVER FROM ALBANY TO NEW YORK CITY16. CHAPTER IV THE BEGINNING OF THE HYDROAEROPLANE17. CHAPTER V DEVELOPING THE HYDROAEROPLANE AT SAN DIEGO–THE HYDRO OF THE SUMMER OF 191218. PART IV THE REAL FUTURE OF THE AEROPLANE BY GLENN H. CURTISS WITH CHAPTERS BY CAPTAIN PAUL W. BECK, U. S. A., LIEUTENANT THEODORE G. ELLYSON, U. S. N., AND AUGUSTUS POST19. CHAPTER I AEROPLANE SPEED OF THE FUTURE20. CHAPTER II FUTURE SURPRISES OF THE AEROPLANE–HUNTING, TRAVEL, MAIL, WIRELESS, LIFE-SAVING, AND OTHER SPECIAL USES21. CHAPTER III THE FUTURE OF THE HYDRO22. CHAPTER IV FUTURE PROBLEMS OF AVIATION23. CHAPTER V THE AEROPLANE AS APPLIED TO THE ARMY (By Captain Paul W. Beck, U. S. A.)24. CHAPTER VI THE AEROPLANE FOR THE NAVY (With an Account of the Training Camp at San Diego. By Lieutenant Theodore G. Ellyson, U. S. N.)25. CHAPTER VII GLIDING AND CYCLE-SAILING A FUTURE SPORT FOR BOYS, THE AIRMEN OF TO-MORROW (By Augustus Post.)26. PART V EVERY-DAY FLYING FOR PROFESSIONAL AND AMATEUR BY GLENN H. CURTISS WITH CHAPTERS BY AUGUSTUS POST AND HUGH ROBINSON27. CHAPTER I TEACHING AVIATORS HOW AN AVIATOR FLIES28. CHAPTER II AVIATION FOR AMATEURS29. CHAPTER III HOW IT FEELS TO FLY (By Augustus Post.)30. CHAPTER IV OPERATING A HYDROAEROPLANE (By Hugh Robinson.)31. PART VI THE CURTISS PUPILS AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE CURTISS AEROPLANE AND MOTOR BY AUGUSTUS POST32. CHAPTER I PUPILS33. CHAPTER II A DESCRIPTION OF THE CURTISS BIPLANE34. CHAPTER III THE CURTISS MOTOR AND FACTORY