| CHAP. | | PAGE |
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| PART I |
| THE SERVICE AIRMAN IN THE MAKING |
| | [AUTHOR’S NOTE] | vii |
| | [INTRODUCTION] | 3 |
| I. | [JOINING THE SERVICE] | 10 |
| II. | [THE AIRMAN’S FIRST DAYS] | 17 |
| III. | [THE INITIAL FLIGHT] | 23 |
| IV. | [THE PERILS OF THE AIR] | 28 |
| V. | [THE SPIRIT OF THE AIR] | 34 |
| VI. | [SEAPLANES] | 40 |
| VII. | [A ZEPPELIN CHASE] | 48 |
| VIII. | [THE COMPLETE AIRMAN] | 53 |
| |
| PART II |
| ON ACTIVE SERVICE |
| IX. | [BEHIND THE FIRING LINE] | 61 |
| X. | [THE FIRST TRIP ACROSS THE LINE] | 66 |
| XI. | [SOME ANECDOTES] | 74 |
| XII. | [SPORT EXTRAORDINARY] | 81 |
| XIII. | [A BALLOON-TRIP BY NIGHT] | 85 |
| XIV. | [THE BATTLE OF THE WOOD] | 92 |
| XV. | [A TIGHT CORNER] | 97 |
| XVI. | [AN AIR FIGHT WITH A HUN] | 108 |
| XVII. | [A GREAT RAID] | 114 |
| XVIII. | [A DAY-DREAM] | 123 |
| XIX. | [A MID-AIR BATTLE] | 127 |
| XX. | [A BATTLE FROM ABOVE] | 132 |
| XXI. | [A TRUE STORY OF THE WAR] | 136 |
| XXII. | [HEROISM IN THE AIR] | 144 |
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| PART III |
| OTHER CRAFT AND THE FUTURE |
| XXIII. | [THE EVOLUTION OF THE AIRSHIP] | 151 |
| XXIV. | [LAWS OF THE AIR] | 161 |
| XXV. | [AERIAL COMBAT] | 166 |
| XXVI. | [THE AIR—THE WAR—AND THE FUTURE] | 170 |