The Way of the AirFront matterReading editionChapter navigation31 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTHE WAY OF THE AIRAUTHOR’S NOTEINTRODUCTIONChapter I · JOINING THE SERVICEChapter II · THE AIRMAN’S FIRST DAYSChapter III · THE INITIAL FLIGHTChapter IV · THE PERILS OF THE AIRChapter V · THE SPIRIT OF THE AIRChapter VI · SEAPLANESChapter VII · A ZEPPELIN CHASEChapter VIII · THE COMPLETE AIRMANPART II ON ACTIVE SERVICEChapter IX · BEHIND THE FIRING LINEChapter X · THE FIRST TRIP ACROSS THE LINEChapter XI · SOME ANECDOTESChapter XII · SPORT EXTRAORDINARYChapter XIII · A BALLOON-TRIP BY NIGHTChapter XIV · THE BATTLE OF THE WOODChapter XV · A TIGHT CORNERChapter XVI · AN AIR FIGHT WITH A HUNChapter XVII · A GREAT RAIDChapter XVIII · A DAY-DREAMChapter XIX · A MID-AIR BATTLEChapter XX · A BATTLE FROM ABOVEChapter XXI · A TRUE STORY OF THE WAR (BEING PART OF THE DIARY OF AN INHABITANT)Chapter XXII · HEROISM IN THE AIRChapter XXIII · THE EVOLUTION OF THE AIRSHIPChapter XXIV · LAWS OF THE AIRChapter XXV · AERIAL COMBATChapter XXVI · THE AIR—THE WAR—AND THE FUTUREBeginning of this editionNext chapter →THE WAY OF THE AIRAll chapters and sections (31)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTHE WAY OF THE AIRAUTHOR’S NOTEPart 1 · Other sectionsINTRODUCTIONPart 1 · Chapters12345678Parts2Part 2 · Chapters910111213141516171819202122Part 3 · Chapters23242526THE WAY OF THE AIR◇THE WAY OF THE AIR →