LIST OF CONTENTS

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Introduction[ix]
History of Model Aviation[1]
Construction[8]
Propellers—Wings—Frame—Assembling—Launching—Chassis—Pontoons—Launching an R. O. G. or Model Hydroaëroplane.
World Record Models[52]
Lauder Distance and Duration Model—Hittle Tractor Hydro—La Tour Flying Boat—Cook No. 42 Model—Rudy Funk Duration Model—Alson H. Wheeler Twin Pusher Biplane.
A Model Warplane[83]
A Simple Compressed Air Engine[85–93]
Compressed Air Driven Models[94–102]
The Dart Compressed Air Driven Model—The McMahon Compressed Air Driven Monoplane—The McMahon Compressed Air Driven Biplane.
Compressed Air Engines[103–109]
Wise Compressed Air Engine—Schober-Funk Three Cylinder Engine—The Schober Four Cylinder Opposed Engine.
Gasoline Engines[110–117]
Jopson—Midget Aëro Gasoline Engine.
Steam Power Plants[118–122]
H. H. Groves Steam Power Plants—G. Harris’s Steam Engine—Professor Langley’s Steam Engine—French Experiments with Steam Power Plants.
Carbonic Gas Engine[123–124]
The Formation of Model Clubs[125–138]
World’s Model Flying Records[139–141]
Dictionary of Aëronautical Terms[142–152]