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The Way of the Air A Description of Modern Aviation

By Edgar C. Middleton

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THE WAY OF THE AIR
AUTHOR’S NOTE
CONTENTS
PART I THE SERVICE AIRMAN IN THE MAKING
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I JOINING THE SERVICE
CHAPTER II THE AIRMAN’S FIRST DAYS
CHAPTER III THE INITIAL FLIGHT
CHAPTER IV THE PERILS OF THE AIR
CHAPTER V THE SPIRIT OF THE AIR
CHAPTER VI SEAPLANES
- Work of the Seaplane
CHAPTER VII A ZEPPELIN CHASE
CHAPTER VIII THE COMPLETE AIRMAN
- First Flight Ordeals
- Reconnaissance and Night Flying
PART II ON ACTIVE SERVICE
CHAPTER IX BEHIND THE FIRING LINE
CHAPTER X THE FIRST TRIP ACROSS THE LINE
CHAPTER XI SOME ANECDOTES
CHAPTER XII SPORT EXTRAORDINARY
CHAPTER XIII A BALLOON-TRIP BY NIGHT
CHAPTER XIV THE BATTLE OF THE WOOD
CHAPTER XV A TIGHT CORNER
CHAPTER XVI AN AIR FIGHT WITH A HUN
CHAPTER XVII A GREAT RAID
CHAPTER XVIII A DAY-DREAM
CHAPTER XIX A MID-AIR BATTLE
- A Soft Job
- An Enemy Machine
- Carry On
CHAPTER XX A BATTLE FROM ABOVE
CHAPTER XXI A TRUE STORY OF THE WAR (BEING PART OF THE DIARY OF AN INHABITANT)
CHAPTER XXII HEROISM IN THE AIR
PART III OTHER CRAFT AND THE FUTURE
CHAPTER XXIII THE EVOLUTION OF THE AIRSHIP
CHAPTER XXIV LAWS OF THE AIR
CHAPTER XXV AERIAL COMBAT
- Wind and Cloud
- “Lift” the Factor
CHAPTER XXVI THE AIR—THE WAR—AND THE FUTURE
- The War and Aviation
- Future Types of Craft
- Properties of War and Peace Machines
- Future Navies and Armies of the World
- Peace and War Uses of Aircraft
- The Balance of Power
- Future Influences
- A Future War with Germany

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