INDEX

Accidents: airplane, 115 balloon, 13, 32, 54 gliding, 84, 85

Aerial Experiment Association, 107

Aero Club of America, 241

A. E. G. airplane, 200, 203

A. G. O. airplane, 200, 203

Ailerons, 13, 94, 98, 111, 113

Airplane: A. E. G., 200, 203 A. G. O., 200, 203 Albatros, 195, 203 Antoinette, 104, 105, 109, 110, 113, 119 Aviatik, 196, 203 Avro, 181, 182 battle planes, 128–140, 177, 178, 192–196 Blériot, 104, 105, 110, 113 bombing planes, 128–149, 180–188, 197–204 Breguet, 114, 181 Breguet-Michelin, 179 Bristol Scout, 175 Caproni, 183–185 Caudron, 178, 182 chassis, 111, 165–167 Curtiss, 108, 173, 174, 187, 249 De Havilland, 175, 194 Demoiselle, 114 Dorand, 181 drift, 97 early experiments, 77–90 engines (see engine) Farman, 108, 110, 112, 116, 178, 181 first principles of, 91–98 first real, 89 flight records (see records) Fokker, 172, 192–194, 203 Friedrichshafen, 199 Gotha, 197–199, 203 Halberstadt, 196, 203 Handley-Page, 181, 182 head resistance, 96, 151, 160 June Bug, 107 Langley, 182 Letord, 181 L. V. W., 203 making of, 223–231 (also see fabrics) Moineau, 179, 181 Morane, 119, 192 NC-4, 244 Nieuport, 121, 171, 211 nomenclature, 94 Pfalz, 203 reconnaissance planes, 128–149, 177–180 Red Wing, 107 Roland, 203 Rumpler, 203 Santos-Dumont's, 100, 114 Sikorsky, 125–127, 187 Sopwith, 175, 181, 185, 186, 244 Spad, 173 starting and landing problems, 165–167, 240 Taube, 191 Vickers, Scout, 175 Vickers-Vimy, 245 Voisin, 102, 103, 110, 112, 178, 182 Voisin-Peugeot, 179, 181 White Wing, 107 wings (see wings) Wright (see Wright)

Albatros airplane, 195, 203

Alcock, Capt. John, 245

Annonay, 3, 4

Antoinette airplane, 104, 105, 109, 110, 113, 119

Archimedes' law of gravity, 14

Argus engine, 126

Arlandes, Marquis d', 7, 8

Ascents, early balloon, 3, 7–12, 20–23, 26, 27, 49

Astra dirigible, 73–74

Astra-Torres dirigible, 73–74

Aviatik airplane, 196, 203

Aviator, training of an, 232–243

Avro airplane, 181, 182

Baker, Secretary of War, 201

Baldwin, Capt. Thomas S., 65, 106

Ball, Capt. Albert, 215, 219, 220

Balloon, dirigible: Astra, 73, 74 Astra-Torres, 73, 74 Blimps, 70 car suspension, 72, 73 demi-semi-rigid, 67 development of, 47–74 first, 51 first military, 52 first U. S. Army, 65 La France, 53 Nulli Secundus, 64, 65, 68 Patrie, 63 Pax, 58 R-34, 245 rigid and non-rigid, 66, 67 semi-rigid, 67 S. M. S. Zeppelin I, 66 Speiss, 74 trans-Atlantic flight, 245 use in World War, 68–74 Ville de Paris, 63 Zeppelins, 55, 56, 62, 65–68, 123 Zodiacs, 72

Balloon, passive: basket of, 19 captive, 36–44 car of, 19, 50 car lines of, 18 Channel flights, 12, 22–24 Conqueror, 27 drachen, 36–44 early ascents of, 3–27, 49 fabrics of (see fabrics) first, 3 first use of, in war, 25, 26 gases used for (see gases) grapnel of, 19 hoop of, 18 kite, 19, 36–44 neck of, 18 net of, 18 observation, 36–44 principles of, 14–19 ripping panel of, 18 races, 26 sausage, 19, 36–44 trail rope of, 18 use of, in Great War, 36–44

Ballonet, steering, 38

Ballooning: early, 3–27 in Boer War, 26 in Civil War, 25 in Great War, 36–44

Basket, balloon, 19

Battle planes, 128–149, 177–178, 192–196

Baumgarten, 54

Bell, Alexander Graham, 106

Bennett, Gordon, 26, 108

Bishop, Major William A., 205, 214

Blanchard, 12, 13, 29

Blériot, 104, 105, 108, 115

Blimps, 70–72

Bliss, General Tasker H., 201

Boelke, Captain, 194, 219

Boer War, balloons in, 26

Bombing planes, 128–149, 180–188, 197–204

Bonnel, Captain, 220

Blériot, 114, 121, 122, 123, 181

Breguet airplane, 114, 121, 122, 123, 181

Breguet-Michelin airplane, 179

Bristol Scout airplane, 175

Brown, Lieut. Arthur W., 245

Cacquot, Captain, 43

Caproni airplane, 183, 184, 185

Car, balloon, 19, 50, 72

Car lines, balloon, 18

Carlstrom, Victor, 174

Caudron airplane, 178, 182

Cavallo, 9

Cayley, Sir George, 80

Certificate, aviator's, 241

“Chamber of Horrors,” 234

Channel flights: first airplane, 104 first balloon, 12, 22–24

Chanute, 86

Chapman, Victor, 216

Chaput, Lieut. Jean, 214

Charles, 9

Chartres, Duke de, 49

Chassis: first, 111 problem of, 165–167

Circuit of Britain prize, 120

Civil War, balloons in, 25

Clement-Bayard, 74

Clerget engine, 187

Cocking, 31

Conneau, Lieutenant, 120

Conqueror, 27

Curtiss airplane, 108, 173, 174, 187, 249

Curtiss Baby Speed Scout, 174

Curtiss, Glenn H., 65, 106–108, 119

Curtiss triplane, 173

Daily Mail, London, prizes, 104, 115, 120

De Havilland airplane, 175, 194

Demoiselle, 114

Deutsch, 57, 63

“Dope,” 164, 227

Dorand airplane, 181

Douglas, Archibald, 37

Drachen balloon, 36–44

Drift, airplane, 97

Dubonnet, Emile, 41

Eiffel Tower, flight around, 57, 115

Engine: Argus, 126 Clerget, 187 Curtiss, 71 development and principles of airplane, 153–169 Fiat, 183 first balloon, 51 Gnome, 111, 121, 154, 159 Liberty, 168, 182 Rolls-Royce, 182 Wright's, 89, 153

Esnault-Pelterie, 114

Fabrics: calico, 60, 61 cotton, 18, 164 linen, 9 oil silk, 11 rubber, 61, 63

Farman airplane, 108, 110, 112, 116, 178, 181

Farman, Henry, 102, 103, 110–112, 115, 123, 154

Fiat motor, 183

Field of Mars, 10

Fokker airplane, 172, 192–194, 203

Fonck, René, 212–214

Franklin, Benjamin, 11

Friedrichshafen airplane, 199

Fullard, Capt. Philip F., 215

Fuselage, development of, 122, 165–166

Garnerin, André, 30

Gases: coal, 16 hydrogen, 9, 21

Genet, Edmond, 218

Giffard, 50

Gliders, 81–88, 100

Gnome engine, 111, 121, 154, 159

Goertz range finder, 147

Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., 43

Gliders, 81–88, 100

Gotha airplane, 197–199, 203

Grahame-White, Claude, 116

Grapnel, balloon, 19

Great Nassau, 22

Green, Charles, 22, 31

Gross, Major von, 66

Guffroy, 114

Gun-tunnel Gotha, 197–199

Guynemer, Georges, 137, 172, 205–214

Haenlein, Paul, 52

Halberstadt airplane, 196, 203

Handley-Page airplane, 181, 182

Hargrave, 85

Hat-in-the-Ring Squadron, 221

Hawker, Harry, 244

Head resistance, airplane, 96, 151, 160

Hitchcock, Hon. Frank H., 249

Hoop, balloon, 18

Hopper, 125

Immelmann, 176, 194, 215, 219

Jeffries, Dr., 12

Jouillot, 60

June Bug, 107

Juvisy meeting, 115

Kite balloon, 19, 36–44

Kites: principles of, 79, 91 Lilienthal's, 81, 86

Krebs, 53

Kuparanto, R. Jordarki, 30

Lafayette Escadrille, 172, 216, 217

Lahm, Lieut. Frank P., 26

Lambert, Comte de, 108, 115

Landing problems, 165–167, 240

Langley, 182

Latham, Hubert, 104, 108, 109

Lebaudy Brothers, 60–67

Lefevre, 108

Letord airplane, 181

Liberty motor, 168, 182

Lilienthal, Otto, 81–85, 92

Little, Robert A., 215

Lôme, Dupuy de, 52

Loubet, President, 58

Lufbery, Major, 205, 216, 217

Lunardi, Vincent, 12, 20–22

L. V. W. airplane, 203

Malone, Lieut. John J., 215

Materials, airplane, problem of, 163, 164

McCudden, Capt. James, 205, 215

McCurdy, J. A. D., 106

Meusnier, General, 49

Michelin cup, 115

Moineau airplane, 179, 181

Monoplane, principles of, 150–151

Montgolfier Brothers, 3–11

Morane airplane, 119, 192

Moret, 21

Motor (see engine)

NC-4, 244

Neck, balloon, 18

Net balloon, 18

Nieuport airplane, 121, 171, 211

Nomenclature of airplane, 94

Normand, Le, 29

Nulli Secundus, 64, 65, 68

Parachute flares, 34

Parachutes, 28–35, 42

Paulhan, 108, 116

Paris, bombing raid on (1918), 201

Parseval, Major von, 37, 66

Patrie, 63

Pax, 58

Pelcher, Percy S., 85

Pershing, General John, 218

Pfalz airplane, 203

Pola, bombing raid on, 184

Pollock, C. F., 23

Pourpe, Marc, 216

Price, Norman, 216

Propeller, principle of, 161–163

Raids, famous bombing: Paris, 201 Pola, 184

Read, Lieut.-Com. A. C., 244

Reconnaissance planes, 128–149, 177–180

Record airplane flights: altitude, 116, 168 channel, 104 distance, 101, 115, 116, 119, 154 speed, 108, 119, 121 trans-Atlantic, 244

Red Wing, 107

Renard, 53

Rheims meetings, 107, 109, 119, 121, 154

Rickenbacker, Capt. Eddie, 218–220

Richthofen, Baron von, 194, 210, 212, 215, 220–222

Ripping panel, balloon, 18

Roberts Brothers, 9, 49

Rockwell, Kiffen, 216

Roland airplane, 203

Rolls-Royce engine, 182

Rosevear, Stanley, 215

Rozier, Pilâtre de, 6, 13

Rumpler airplane, 203

Salomone, Major, 185

Santos-Dumont, 55–59, 99–102, 114

Sausage balloon, 19, 36–44

Schaeck, Colonel, 27

Schwartz, David, 54

Scientific American trophy, 107

Scott, Major G. H., 245

Selfridge, Lieut. Thomas, 106

Severo, 58

Sigsfeld, Captain von, 37

Sikorsky, I. I., 125, 126, 127, 187

Sopwith airplane, 175, 181, 185, 186, 244

Spad airplane, 173

Speiss dirigible, 74

Steering ballonet, 38

Storks, the, 172, 210

Taube airplane, 191

Templer, Colonel, 64, 65

Tissandier, Gaston and Albert, 53, 108

Towers, Commander, 244

Trail rope, balloon, 18

Training of an aviator, 232–243

Trans-Atlantic flights, 244

Triplane, development of, 148–151

Vickers Scout airplane, 175

Vickers-Vimy airplane, 245

Ville de Paris, 63

Vinci, Leonardi da, 79

Voisin airplane, 102, 103, 110, 112, 178, 182

Voisin Brothers, 102, 110

Voisin-Peugeot airplane, 179, 181

Wenham, 80

White Wing, 107

Wilcox, James, 11

Wilkinson, Allan, 215

Wings: Lilienthal's, 81–84 principles of, 81, 95, 147, 148, 149, 166, 167

Wing-warping, 88, 97

Wissemann, 212

Wölfert, 54

Wollett, Capt. Henry W., 215

World, New York, prize, 118

Wright, Wilbur and Orville, 86–90, 99, 101, 103, 114, 150, 151, 153

Zambeccari, Count, 11

Zeppelin, Count von, 55, 62, 65

Zeppelins, 55–56, 62, 65, 66, 68, 123

Zodiacs, 72

Transcriber's Note

The original spelling and minor inconsistencies in the spelling and formatting have been maintained.

The table below lists all corrections applied to the original text.

p vii: Santos Dumont → Santos-Dumont

p viii: A group of De Haviland → Havilland

p 6: Frenchman, Pilatre de Rozier → Pilâtre de Rozier

p 6: Pilatre de Rozier → Pilâtre de Rozier

p 13: Pilatre de Rozier → Pilâtre de Rozier

p 19: more buoyant → buoyant.

p 28: THE PARACHUTE → The Parachute

p 31: aeronuat → aeronaut

p 33: he may find himsell → himself

p 54: took place in midair → mid-air

p 55: SANTOS DUMONT → SANTOS-DUMONT

p 64: air-bag of onefifth → one-fifth

p 65: N. Y., who far → for

p 66: with a large interval → internal

p 74: The Lebandy → Lebaudy

p 98: the airplane body or “fusilage.” → “fuselage.”

p 100: resembling a boxkite → box-kite

p 111: The over-heating → overheating

p 122: by means of it → its

p 126: In the foreward → forward

p 141: produce slightly over-lapping → overlapping

p 145: that enemy reenforcements → reinforcements

p 153: needs of air-craft → aircraft

p 175: and the De Haviland → Havilland

p 176: downing the enemy. Immelman → Immelmann

p 179: Bréguet-Michelin → Breguet-Michelin

p 181: the Bréguet → Breguet

p 194: British DeHaviland → De Havilland

p 206: in the town of Compiegne → Compiègne

p 206: student in the École Polytechnic → Polytechnique

p 206: 1914, came the the news → the news

p 219: the early days Immelman → Immelmann

p 219: and fighting. Immelman's → Immelmann's

p 219: from that of Immelman → Immelmann

p 236: and a dizzy “sea-sickness” → “seasickness”

p 238: goes taxi-ing → taxiing

p 244: A GROUP OF DE HAVILAND → HAVILLAND

p 251: picture man of today → to-day

p 257: Airships in Peace and War -> War (1910)

P 259: balloon, 13, 32, 54, 54 → balloon, 13, 32, 54

p 259: A. G. O. → A. G. O.,

p 259: De Haviland → Havilland

p 259: engines (see engines) → engine

p 261: De Haviland → Havilland

p 261: Esnault-Pelteric -> Pelterie

p 261: Fullard, Capt. Phillip F. → Fullard, Capt. Philip F.

p 262: Immelman → Immelmann

p 263: Rozier, Pilat de → Rozier, Pilâtre de

p 264: Wollet -> Wollett