The Romance of Aircraft
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1. Front matter2. CHAPTER I The Conquest of the Air3. CHAPTER II “A B C's” of a Balloon4. CHAPTER III Early Balloon Adventures5. CHAPTER IV The Parachute6. CHAPTER V Ballooning in the Great War7. CHAPTER I Development of the Dirigible8. CHAPTER II Forerunners of the Allied Dirigibles9. CHAPTER III Dirigibles in the World War10. CHAPTER I Early Experiments with Heavier-than-Air Machines11. CHAPTER II First Principles of an Airplane12. CHAPTER III The Pioneers13. CHAPTER IV The Airplane in the World War14. CHAPTER V Some of the Problems the Inventors Had to Solve15. CHAPTER VI Famous Allied Airplanes16. CHAPTER VII German Airplanes in the World War17. CHAPTER VIII Heroes of the Air18. CHAPTER IX The Birth of an Airplane19. CHAPTER X The Training of an Aviator20. CHAPTER XI The Future Story of the Air21. READING LIST22. INDEX