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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