Raids, famous bombing: Paris, 201 Pola, 184 Read, Lieut.-Com. A. C., 244 Reconnaissance planes, 128-149, 177-180 Record airplane flights: altitude, 116, 168 channel, 104 distance, 101, 115, 116, 119, 154 speed, 108, 119, 121 trans-Atlantic, 244 _Red Wing_, 107 Renard, 53 Rheims meetings, 107, 109, 119, 121, 154 Richthofen, Baron von, 194, 210, 212, 215, 220-222 Rickenbacker, Capt. Eddie, 218-220 Ripping panel, balloon, 18 Roberts Brothers, 9, 49 Rockwell, Kiffen, 216 Roland airplane, 203 Rolls-Royce engine, 182 Rosevear, Stanley, 215 Rozier, Pilat de, 6, 13 Rumpler airplane, 203
Salomone, Major, 185 Santos-Dumont, 55-59, 99-102, 114 Sausage balloon, 19, 36-44 Schaeck, Colonel, 27 Schwartz, David, 54 _Scientific American_ trophy, 107 Scott, Major G. H., 245 Selfridge, Lieut. Thomas, 106 Severo, 58 Sigsfeld, Captain von, 37 Sikorsky, I. I., 125, 126, 127, 187 Sopwith airplane, 175, 181, 185, 186, 244 Spad airplane, 173 Speiss dirigible, 74 Steering ballonet, 38 _Storks_, the, 172, 210
Taube airplane, 191 Templer, Colonel, 64, 65 Tissandier, Gaston and Albert, 53, 108 Towers, Commander, 244 Trail rope, balloon, 18 Training of an aviator, 232-243 Trans-Atlantic flights, 244 Triplane, development of, 148-151
Vickers Scout airplane, 175 Vickers-Vimy airplane, 245 _Ville de Paris_, 63 Vinci, Leonardi da, 79 Voisin airplane, 102, 103, 110, 112, 178, 182 Voisin Brothers, 102, 110 Voisin-Peugeot airplane, 179, 181
Wenham, 80 _White Wing_, 107 Wilcox, James, 11 Wilkinson, Allan, 215 Wings: Lilienthal's, 81-84 principles of, 81, 95, 147, 148, 149, 166, 167 Wing-warping, 88, 97 Wissemann, 212 Wölfert, 54 Wollett, Capt. Henry W., 215 _World_, New York, prize, 118 Wright, Wilbur and Orville, 86-90, 99, 101, 103, 114, 150, 151, 153
Zambeccari, Count, 11 Zeppelin, Count von, 55, 62, 65 Zeppelins, 55-56, 62, 65, 66, 68, 123 Zodiacs, 72
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p vii: Santos Dumont -> Santos-Dumont p viii: A group of De Haviland -> Havilland p 6: Frenchman, Pilatre de Rozier -> Pilâtre de Rozier p 6: Pilatre de Rozier -> Pilâtre de Rozier p 13: Pilatre de Rozier -> Pilâtre de Rozier p 19: more buoyant -> buoyant. p 28: the parachute -> Is small caps: THE PARACHUTE p 31: aeronuat -> aeronaut p 33: he may find himsell -> himself p 54: took place in midair -> mid-air p 55: SANTOS DUMONT -> SANTOS-DUMONT p 64: air-bag of onefifth -> one-fifth p 65: N. Y., who far -> for p 66: with a large interval -> internal p 74: The _Lebandy_ -> _Lebaudy_ p 98: the airplane body or "fusilage." -> "fuselage." p 100: resembling a boxkite -> box-kite p 111: The over-heating -> overheating p 122: by means of it -> its p 126: In the foreward -> forward p 141: produce slightly over-lapping -> overlapping p 145: that enemy reenforcements -> reinforcements p 153: needs of air-craft -> aircraft p 175: and the _De Haviland -> Havilland p 176: downing the enemy. Immelman -> Immelmann p 179: _Bréguet-Michelin_ -> _Breguet-Michelin_ p 181: the _Bréguet_ -> _Breguet_ p 194: British _DeHaviland_ -> _De Havilland_ p 206: in the town of Compiegne -> Compiègne p 206: student in the École Polytechnic -> Polytechnique p 206: 1914, came the the news -> the news p 219: the early days Immelman -> Immelmann p 219: and fighting. Immelman's -> Immelmann's p 219: from that of Immelman -> Immelmann p 236: and a dizzy "sea-sickness" -> "seasickness" p 238: goes taxi-ing -> taxiing p 244: A GROUP OF DE HAVILAND -> HAVILLAND p 251: picture man of today -> to-day p 257: Airships in Peace and War -> War (1910) P 259: balloon, 13, 32, 54, 54 -> balloon, 13, 32, 54 p 259: A. G. O. -> A. G. O., p 259: De Haviland -> Havilland p 259: engines (see _engines_) -> _engine_ p 261: De Haviland -> Havilland p 261: Esnault-Pelteric -> Pelterie p 261: Fullard, Capt. Phillip F. -> Fullard, Capt. Philip F. p 262: Immelman -> Immelmann p 263: Rozier, Pilat de -> Rozier, Pilâtre de p 264: Wollet -> Wollett