CONTENTS

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Introduction [ix]
I. The Earlier Aërial Scouts [1]
II. The Development of the Airship [11]
III. Types of Modern Airships: British, French, German, Italian, Russian, Austrian, and Belgian [18]
IV. The German Airship Fleet [37]
V. Advantages and Disadvantages of Airships [50]
VI. The Advent of the Aëroplane [78]
VII. Types of Aëroplanes: British, French, Italian, Russian, Austrian, Belgian, and Bulgarian [91]
VIII. Germany’s Aëroplane Equipment [123]
IX. The First Use of the Aëroplane in War—Tripoli—the Balkans [137]
X. The New Arm in Armageddon [144]
XI. Present Deficiencies and Future Possibilities of the Military Aëroplane [166]