The Romance of Aircraft

by Laurence Yard Smith

INDEX

• Accidents:
  • airplane, [115]
  • balloon, [13], [32], [54]
  • gliding, [84], [85]
• Aerial Experiment Association, [107]
• Aero Club of America, [241]
• A. E. G. airplane, [200], [203]
• A. G. O. airplane, [200], [203]
• Ailerons, [13], [94], [98], [111], [113]
• Airplane:
  • A. E. G., [200], [203]
  • A. G. O., [200], [203]
  • Albatros, [195], [203]
  • Antoinette, [104], [105], [109], [110], [113], [119]
  • Aviatik, [196], [203]
  • Avro, [181], [182]
  • battle planes, [128–140], [177], [178], [192–196]
  • Blériot, [104], [105], [110], [113]
  • bombing planes, [128–149], [180–188], [197–204]
  • Breguet, [114], [181]
  • Breguet-Michelin, [179]
  • Bristol Scout, [175]
  • Caproni, [183–185]
  • Caudron, [178], [182]
  • chassis, [111], [165–167]
  • Curtiss, [108], [173], [174], [187], [249]
  • De Havilland, [175], [194]
  • Demoiselle, [114]
  • Dorand, [181]
  • drift, [97]
  • early experiments, [77–90]
  • engines (see [engine])
  • Farman, [108], [110], [112], [116], [178], [181]
  • first principles of, [91–98]
  • first real, [89]
  • flight records (see [records])
  • Fokker, [172], [192–194], [203]
  • Friedrichshafen, [199]
  • Gotha, [197–199], [203]
  • Halberstadt, [196], [203]
  • Handley-Page, [181], [182]
  • head resistance, [96], [151], [160]
  • June Bug, [107]
  • Langley, [182]
  • Letord, [181]
  • L. V. W., [203]
  • making of, [223–231] (also see [fabrics])
  • Moineau, [179], [181]
  • Morane, [119], [192]
  • NC-4, [244]
  • Nieuport, [121], [171], [211]
  • nomenclature, [94]
  • Pfalz, [203]
  • reconnaissance planes, [128–149], [177–180]
  • Red Wing, [107]
  • Roland, [203]
  • Rumpler, [203]
  • Santos-Dumont's, [100], [114]
  • Sikorsky, [125–127], [187]
  • Sopwith, [175], [181], [185], [186], [244]
  • Spad, [173]
  • starting and landing problems, [165–167], [240]
  • Taube, [191]
  • Vickers, Scout, [175]
  • Vickers-Vimy, [245]
  • Voisin, [102], [103], [110], [112], [178], [182]
  • Voisin-Peugeot, [179], [181]
  • White Wing, [107]
  • wings (see [wings])
  • Wright (see [Wright])
• Albatros airplane, [195], [203]
• Alcock, Capt. John, [245]
• Annonay, [3], [4]
• Antoinette airplane, [104], [105], [109], [110], [113], [119]
• Archimedes' law of gravity, [14]
• Argus engine, [126]
• Arlandes, Marquis d', [7], [8]
• Ascents, early balloon, [3], [7–12], [20–23], [26], [27], [49]
• Astra dirigible, [73–74]
• Astra-Torres dirigible, [73–74]
• Aviatik airplane, [196], [203]
• Aviator, training of an, [232–243]
• Avro airplane, [181], [182]
• Baker, Secretary of War, [201]
• Baldwin, Capt. Thomas S., [65], [106]
• Ball, Capt. Albert, [215], [219], [220]
• Balloon, dirigible:
• • Astra, [73], [74]
  • Astra-Torres, [73], [74]
  • Blimps, [70]
  • car suspension, [72], [73]
  • demi-semi-rigid, [67]
  • development of, [47–74]
  • first, [51]
  • first military, [52]
  • first U. S. Army, [65]
  • La France, [53]
  • Nulli Secundus, [64], [65], [68]
  • Patrie, [63]
  • Pax, [58]
  • R-34, [245]
  • rigid and non-rigid, [66], [67]
  • semi-rigid, [67]
  • S. M. S. Zeppelin I, [66]
  • Speiss, [74]
  • trans-Atlantic flight, [245]
  • use in World War, [68–74]
  • Ville de Paris, [63]
  • Zeppelins, [55], [56], [62], [65–68], [123]
  • Zodiacs, [72]
• Balloon, passive:
  • basket of, [19]
  • captive, [36–44]
  • car of, [19], [50]
  • car lines of, [18]
  • Channel flights, [12], [22–24]
  • Conqueror, [27]
  • drachen, [36–44]
  • early ascents of, [3–27], [49]
  • fabrics of (see [fabrics])
  • first, [3]
  • first use of, in war, [25], [26]
  • gases used for (see [gases])
  • grapnel of, [19]
  • hoop of, [18]
  • kite, [19], [36–44]
  • neck of, [18]
  • net of, [18]
  • observation, [36–44]
  • principles of, [14–19]
  • ripping panel of, [18]
  • races, [26]
  • sausage, [19], [36–44]
  • trail rope of, [18]
  • use of, in Great War, [36–44]
• Ballonet, steering, [38]
• Ballooning:
  • early, [3–27]
  • in Boer War, [26]
  • in Civil War, [25]
  • in Great War, [36–44]
• Basket, balloon, [19]
• Battle planes, [128–149], [177–178], [192–196]
• Baumgarten, [54]
• Bell, Alexander Graham, [106]
• Bennett, Gordon, [26], [108]
• Bishop, Major William A., [205], [214]
• Blanchard, [12], [13], [29]
• Blériot, [104], [105], [108], [115]
• Blimps, [70–72]
• Bliss, General Tasker H., [201]
• Boelke, Captain, [194], [219]
• Boer War, balloons in, [26]
• Bombing planes, [128–149], [180–188], [197–204]
• Bonnel, Captain, [220]
• Blériot, [114], [121], [122], [123], [181]
• Breguet airplane, [114], [121], [122], [123], [181]
• Breguet-Michelin airplane, [179]
• Bristol Scout airplane, [175]
• Brown, Lieut. Arthur W., [245]
• Cacquot, Captain, [43]
• Caproni airplane, [183], [184], [185]
• Car, balloon, [19], [50], [72]
• Car lines, balloon, [18]
• Carlstrom, Victor, [174]
• Caudron airplane, [178], [182]
• Cavallo, [9]
• Cayley, Sir George, [80]
• Certificate, aviator's, [241]
• “Chamber of Horrors,” [234]
• Channel flights:
• • first airplane, [104]
  • first balloon, [12], [22–24]
• Chanute, [86]
• Chapman, Victor, [216]
• Chaput, Lieut. Jean, [214]
• Charles, [9]
• Chartres, Duke de, [49]
• Chassis:
  • first, [111]
  • problem of, [165–167]
• Circuit of Britain prize, [120]
• Civil War, balloons in, [25]
• Clement-Bayard, [74]
• Clerget engine, [187]
• Cocking, [31]
• Conneau, Lieutenant, [120]
• Conqueror, [27]
• Curtiss airplane, [108], [173], [174], [187], [249]
• Curtiss Baby Speed Scout, [174]
• Curtiss, Glenn H., [65], [106–108], [119]
• Curtiss triplane, [173]
• Daily Mail, London, prizes, [104], [115], [120]
• De Havilland airplane, [175], [194]
• Demoiselle, [114]
• Deutsch, [57], [63]
• “Dope,” [164], [227]
• Dorand airplane, [181]
• Douglas, Archibald, [37]
• Drachen balloon, [36–44]
• Drift, airplane, [97]
• Dubonnet, Emile, [41]
• Eiffel Tower, flight around, [57], [115]
• [Engine:]
• • Argus, [126]
  • Clerget, [187]
  • Curtiss, [71]
  • development and principles of airplane, [153–169]
  • Fiat, [183]
  • first balloon, [51]
  • Gnome, [111], [121], [154], [159]
  • Liberty, [168], [182]
  • Rolls-Royce, [182]
  • Wright's, [89], [153]
• Esnault-Pelterie, [114]
• [Fabrics:]
• • calico, [60], [61]
  • cotton, [18], [164]
  • linen, [9]
  • oil silk, [11]
  • rubber, [61], [63]
• Farman airplane, [108], [110], [112], [116], [178], [181]
• Farman, Henry, [102], [103], [110–112], [115], [123], [154]
• Fiat motor, [183]
• Field of Mars, [10]
• Fokker airplane, [172], [192–194], [203]
• Fonck, René, [212–214]
• Franklin, Benjamin, [11]
• Friedrichshafen airplane, [199]
• Fullard, Capt. Philip F., [215]
• Fuselage, development of, [122], [165–166]
• Garnerin, André, [30]
• [Gases:]
• • coal, [16]
  • hydrogen, [9], [21]
• Genet, Edmond, [218]
• Giffard, [50]
• Gliders, [81–88], [100]
• Gnome engine, [111], [121], [154], [159]
• Goertz range finder, [147]
• Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., [43]
• Gliders, [81–88], [100]
• Gotha airplane, [197–199], [203]
• Grahame-White, Claude, [116]
• Grapnel, balloon, [19]
• Great Nassau, [22]
• Green, Charles, [22], [31]
• Gross, Major von, [66]
• Guffroy, [114]
• Gun-tunnel Gotha, [197–199]
• Guynemer, Georges, [137], [172], [205–214]
• Haenlein, Paul, [52]
• Halberstadt airplane, [196], [203]
• Handley-Page airplane, [181], [182]
• Hargrave, [85]
• Hat-in-the-Ring Squadron, [221]
• Hawker, Harry, [244]
• Head resistance, airplane, [96], [151], [160]
• Hitchcock, Hon. Frank H., [249]
• Hoop, balloon, [18]
• Hopper, [125]
• Immelmann, [176], [194], [215], [219]
• Jeffries, Dr., [12]
• Jouillot, [60]
• June Bug, [107]
• Juvisy meeting, [115]
• Kite balloon, [19], [36–44]
• Kites:
• • principles of, [79], [91]
  • Lilienthal's, [81], [86]
• Krebs, [53]
• Kuparanto, R. Jordarki, [30]
• Lafayette Escadrille, [172], [216], [217]
• Lahm, Lieut. Frank P., [26]
• Lambert, Comte de, [108], [115]
• Landing problems, [165–167], [240]
• Langley, [182]
• Latham, Hubert, [104], [108], [109]
• Lebaudy Brothers, [60–67]
• Lefevre, [108]
• Letord airplane, [181]
• Liberty motor, [168], [182]
• Lilienthal, Otto, [81–85], [92]
• Little, Robert A., [215]
• Lôme, Dupuy de, [52]
• Loubet, President, [58]
• Lufbery, Major, [205], [216], [217]
• Lunardi, Vincent, [12], [20–22]
• L. V. W. airplane, [203]
• Malone, Lieut. John J., [215]
• Materials, airplane, problem of, [163], [164]
• McCudden, Capt. James, [205], [215]
• McCurdy, J. A. D., [106]
• Meusnier, General, [49]
• Michelin cup, [115]
• Moineau airplane, [179], [181]
• Monoplane, principles of, [150–151]
• Montgolfier Brothers, [3–11]
• Morane airplane, [119], [192]
• Moret, [21]
• Motor (see [engine])
• NC-4, [244]
• Neck, balloon, [18]
• Net balloon, [18]
• Nieuport airplane, [121], [171], [211]
• Nomenclature of airplane, [94]
• Normand, Le, [29]
• Nulli Secundus, [64], [65], [68]
• Parachute flares, [34]
• Parachutes, [28–35], [42]
• Paulhan, [108], [116]
• Paris, bombing raid on (1918), [201]
• Parseval, Major von, [37], [66]
• Patrie, [63]
• Pax, [58]
• Pelcher, Percy S., [85]
• Pershing, General John, [218]
• Pfalz airplane, [203]
• Pola, bombing raid on, [184]
• Pollock, C. F., [23]
• Pourpe, Marc, [216]
• Price, Norman, [216]
• Propeller, principle of, [161–163]
• 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]
• Rickenbacker, Capt. Eddie, [218–220]
• Richthofen, Baron von, [194], [210], [212], [215], [220–222]
• Ripping panel, balloon, [18]
• Roberts Brothers, [9], [49]
• Rockwell, Kiffen, [216]
• Roland airplane, [203]
• Rolls-Royce engine, [182]
• Rosevear, Stanley, [215]
• Rozier, Pilâtre 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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Transcriber's Note

The original spelling and minor inconsistencies in the spelling and formatting have been maintained.

The table below lists all corrections applied to the original text.

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 → 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