THE ROMANCE OF AIRCRAFT

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I The Conquest of the Air

CHAPTER II “A B C's” of a Balloon

CHAPTER III Early Balloon Adventures

CHAPTER IV The Parachute

CHAPTER V Ballooning in the Great War

CHAPTER I Development of the Dirigible

CHAPTER II Forerunners of the Allied Dirigibles

CHAPTER III Dirigibles in the World War

CHAPTER I Early Experiments with Heavier-than-Air Machines

CHAPTER II First Principles of an Airplane

CHAPTER III The Pioneers

CHAPTER IV The Airplane in the World War

CHAPTER V Some of the Problems the Inventors Had to Solve

CHAPTER VI Famous Allied Airplanes

CHAPTER VII German Airplanes in the World War

CHAPTER VIII Heroes of the Air

CHAPTER IX The Birth of an Airplane

CHAPTER X The Training of an Aviator

CHAPTER XI The Future Story of the Air

READING LIST

INDEX