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Edgar Charles Middleton. The Way of the Air: A Description of Modern Aviation
The Way of the Air: A Description of Modern Aviation
Table of 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
