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Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot. Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War
Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War
Table of Contents
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. THE INTRODUCTION OF AIRCRAFT INTO MILITARY OPERATIONS
CHAPTER II. THE MILITARY USES of THE CAPTIVE BALLOON
CHAPTER III. GERMANY'S RISE TO MILITARY AIRSHIP SUPREMACY
CHAPTER IV. AIRSHIPS OF WAR
CHAPTER V. GERMANY'S AERIAL DREADNOUGHT FLEET
CHAPTER VI. THE MILITARY VALUE OF GERMANY'S AERIAL FLEET
CHAPTER VII. AEROPLANES OF WAR
CHAPTER VIII. SCOUTING FROM THE SKIES
CHAPTER IX. THE AIRMAN AND ARTILLERY
CHAPTER X. BOMB-THROWING FROM AIR-CRAFT
CHAPTER XI. ARMOURED AEROPLANES
CHAPTER XII. BATTLES IN THE AIR
CHAPTER XIII. TRICKS AND RUSES TO BAFFLE THE AIRMAN
CHAPTER XIV. ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS. MOBILE WEAPONS
CHAPTER XV. ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS. IMMOBILE WEAPONS
CHAPTER XVI. MINING THE AIR
CHAPTER XVII. WIRELESS IN AVIATION
CHAPTER XVIII. AIRCRAFT AND NAVAL OPERATIONS
CHAPTER XIX. THE NAVIES of THE AIR
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Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Seeing that even a small captive balloon is of appreciable dimensions—from 25 to 33 feet or more in diameter—one might consider it an easy object to hit. But experience has proved otherwise. In the first place the colour of the balloon is distinctly protective. The golden or yellowish tinge harmonises well with the daylight, even in gloomy weather, while at night-time it blends excellently with the moonlight. For effective observations a high altitude is undesirable. At a height of 600 feet the horizon is about 28 miles from the observer, as compared with the 3 miles constituting the range of vision from the ground over perfectly flat country. Thus it will be seen that the "spotter" up aloft has the command of a considerable tract.
Various ways and means of finding the range of a captive balloon have been prepared, and tables innumerable are available for committal to memory, while those weapons especially designed for aerial targets are fitted with excellent range-finders and other instruments. The Germans, with characteristic thoroughness, have devoted considerable attention to this subject, but from the results which they have achieved up to the present this guiding knowledge appears to be more spectacular and impressive than effective.
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