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PREFACE

HOW IT FLIES

Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY.

Chapter II. THE AIR.

Chapter III. LAWS OF FLIGHT.

Chapter IV. FLYING MACHINES.

Chapter V. FLYING MACHINES: THE BIPLANE.

THE WRIGHT BIPLANE.

THE VOISIN BIPLANE.

THE FARMAN BIPLANE.

THE CURTISS BIPLANE.

THE CODY BIPLANE.

THE SOMMER BIPLANE.

THE BALDWIN BIPLANE.

THE BADDECK BIPLANE.

THE HERRING BIPLANE.

THE BREGUET BIPLANE.

Chapter VI. FLYING MACHINES: THE MONOPLANE.

THE BLERIOT MONOPLANE.

THE ANTOINETTE MONOPLANE.

THE SANTOS-DUMONT MONOPLANE.

THE R-E-P MONOPLANE.

THE HANRIOT MONOPLANE.

THE PFITZNER MONOPLANE.

OTHER MONOPLANES.

Chapter VII. FLYING MACHINES: OTHER FORMS.

HELICOPTERS.

Chapter VIII. FLYING MACHINES: HOW TO OPERATE.

Chapter IX. FLYING MACHINES: HOW TO BUILD.

Chapter X. FLYING MACHINES: MOTORS.

Chapter XI. MODEL FLYING MACHINES.

Chapter XII. THE GLIDER.

Chapter XIII. BALLOONS.

Chapter XIV. BALLOONS: THE DIRIGIBLE.

Chapter XV. BALLOONS: HOW TO OPERATE.

Chapter XVI. BALLOONS: HOW TO MAKE.

Table for Calculating Shape of Gores for Spherical Balloons

Chapter XVII. MILITARY AERONAUTICS.

Chapter XVIII. BIOGRAPHIES OF PROMINENT AERONAUTS.

THE WRIGHT BROTHERS.

ALBERTO SANTOS-DUMONT.

LOUIS BLERIOT.

GABRIEL VOISIN.

LEON DELAGRANGE.

HENRI FARMAN.

ROBERT ESNAULT-PELTERIE.

COUNT FERDINAND VON ZEPPELIN.

CAPTAIN THOMAS S. BALDWIN.

GLENN HAMMOND CURTISS.

CHARLES KEENEY HAMILTON.

HUBERT LATHAM.

ALFRED LEBLANC.

CLAUDE GRAHAME-WHITE.

LOUIS PAULHAN.

CLIFFORD B. HARMON.

WALTER BROOKINS.

JOHN B. MOISANT.

J. ARMSTRONG DREXEL.

RALPH JOHNSTONE.

Chapter XIX. CHRONICLE OF AVIATION ACHIEVEMENTS.

NOTABLE AVIATION RECORDS TO CLOSE OF 1910

Chapter XX. EXPLANATION OF AERONAUTICAL TERMS.

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