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Aeroplane in War

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Aeroplane in War

by Claude Grahame-White, Harry Harper

English· 06:58:22· 17 chapters
"Although it is still a crude machine—in view of the perfected apparatus
which is the aim of thoughtful designers—the aeroplane has demonstrated,
in a conclusive way, its value as an instrument of war." - Summary by Authors

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    PREFACE

    08:05
  2. Chapter 2

    REVIEW OF PROGRESS PRIOR TO THE FIRST MILITARY TESTS OF AEROPLANES

    48:54
  3. Chapter 3

    FIRST EXPERIMENTS WITH AEROPLANES IN THE FRENCH AUTUMN MANOEUVRES, 1910

    09:12
  4. Chapter 4

    THE GROWING AIR-FLEETS OF FOREIGN NATIONS

    26:47
  5. Chapter 5

    IMPORTANCE OF ORGANISATION IN THE USE OF WAR AEROPLANES

    12:09
  6. Chapter 6

    ENGLAND'S POSITION IN REGARDS TO MILITARY FLYING

    35:54
  7. Chapter 7

    WAR AEROPLANES AT THE PARIS AERONAUTICAL EXHIBITION, DECEMBER, 1911

    28:43
  8. Chapter 8

    WHAT EXISTING WAR AEROPLANES CAN ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISH

    31:06
  9. Chapter 9

    WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY AND PHOTOGRAPHY AS AIDS TO AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE

    21:37
  10. Chapter 10

    DEVELOPMENT OF ALL-WEATHER WAR AEROPLANES

    24:27
  11. Chapter 11

    THE TRAINING OF ARMY AIRMEN

    40:41
  12. Chapter 12

    THE COST OF WAR AEROPLANES

    33:23
  13. Chapter 13

    PROBLEM OF ARTILLERY FIRE AND THE AEROPLANE

    24:57
  14. Chapter 14

    DESTRUCTIVE POTENTIALITIES OF WEIGHT-CARRYING AEROPLANES

    17:31
  15. Chapter 15

    WAR IN THE AIR BETWEEN HOSTILE AEROPLANES

    12:43
  16. Chapter 16

    VALUE OF THE AEROPLANE IN NAVAL WARFARE

    14:15
  17. Chapter 17

    AERIAL WORK IN THE FRENCH AND GERMAN AUTUMN MANOEUVRES, 1911

    27:58