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INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I

PRE-WAR

Early Thoughts on Flight.

The Invention of the Balloon.

First Experiments in Gliders and Aeroplanes.

The Wright Brothers and their Successors in Europe.

The First Airships.

The Beginnings of Aviation in England.

The Inception and Development of Aircraft as Part of the Forces of the Crown.

Tactics and the Machine.

Conclusions.

CHAPTER II

WAR

General Remarks on War Development.

Co-operation with the Army.

Co-operation with the Navy.

Home Defence.

The Machine and Engine.

Tactics and the Strategic Air Offensive.

Organization.

CHAPTER III

PEACE

The Future of Aerial Defence.

Civil Aviation as a Factor in National Security.

Civil Aviation as an Instrument of Imperial Progress.

Financial and Economic Problems.

Weather Conditions and Night Flying.

Organization.

The Machine and Engine.

Air Services: British, Continental and Imperial.

CONCLUSION