CONTENTS

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Ordered Overseas (after Kipling)[17]
INTRODUCTORY
The Development of an Idea[23]
BOOK I
IN TRAINING
I.From Theory To Practice[33]
EARLY IMPRESSIONS[33]
MY FIRST FLYING LESSON[34]
ON GOING “SOLO”[38]
TAKING A TICKET[41]
FIRST CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT[44]
II.Some Episodes: and a “Crash”[47]
III.From Passenger To Pilot[53]
BOOK II
ON ACTIVE SERVICE
R.F.C. Alphabet[56]
I.The Opening Movements[57]
SOMEWHERE[57]
MAP STUDY[59]
A FORCED LANDING[61]
ARCHIES[62]
AGED NINETEEN[64]
A CONCERT[65]
II.Increasing the Pace[67]
FRENCH AVIATOR’S BAG[67]
THE ENEMY IN OUR MIDST[68]
“HOT-AIR STUFF”[71]
A BIG “STRAFE”[72]
LOOPING THE LOOP[75]
NIGHT FLYING[80]
PHOTOS[81]
HIDE AND SEEK[82]
“MISSING”[85]
PANCAKING IN A WHEAT FIELD[87]
AN EXCITING LANDING[89]
DUAL CONTROL[90]
III.Storm after Calm[94]
BACK TO DUTY[94]
A GOOD STORY[96]
A FOKKER’S FLIGHT[97]
A TAIL PIECE[98]
NIGHT BOMBING[99]
GESTICULATION IN MID-AIR[102]
A FIREWORK DISPLAY[104]
A MIXED GRILL[106]
STALLING[110]
AN AIR FIGHT[116]