The Romance of Aircraft

by Laurence Yard Smith

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READING LIST

For those who desire a wider knowledge of the history, theory, construction and operation of aircraft than this book is intended to supply, the following reading list may prove suggestive and helpful. The older publications on this list have been found valuable from an historical viewpoint; while the more recent ones treat from many angles the rapidly advancing science of aviation.

• Abbot, W. J., Aircraft and Submarines (1918)
• Alexander, J. H., Model Balloons and Flying Machines (1910)
• “Avion,” Aeroplanes and Aero Engines (1918)
• Barber, Horatio, The Aeroplane Speaks (1917)
• Barnwell, F. S., Aeroplane Design (1917)
• Berget, A., The Conquest of the Air (1911)
• Berry, W. H., Aircraft in War and Commerce (1918)
• Bruce, E. H. S., Aircraft in War (1914)
• Cavanagh, George A., Model Aeroplanes and Their Motors (1916)
• Chatley, Herbert, Principles and Design of Aeroplanes (1912)
• Curtiss, G. H., and Post, A., Curtiss Aviation Book (1912)
• Corbin, T. W., Aircraft, Aeroplanes and Airships (1914)
• Collins, A. Frederick, The Boy's Airplane Book (1919)
• Collins, A. Frederick, How to Fly (1917)
• Colvin, F. H., Aircraft Mechanic's Handbook (1918)
• Dommett, W. E., Aeroplanes and Airships (1916)
• Fales, E. N., Learning to Fly in the U. S. Army (1917)
• Ferris, R., How it Flies (1910)
• Grahame-White, C., and Harper, H., Heroes of the Air (1912)
• Grahame-White, C., and Harper, H., Learning to Fly (1916)
• Grahame-White, C., The Story of the Aeroplane (1911)
• Gramont, A. A. de, Aviator's Elementary Handbook (1918)
• Hayward, Chas. B., Building and Flying an Aeroplane (1918)
• Hearne, R. P., Zeppelins and Super-Zeppelins (1916)
• Hearne, R. P., Airships in Peace and War (1910)
• Hildebrand, A. L. H., Airships Past and Present (1908)
• Jane's Fighting Ships, (An Annual)
• Judge, A. W., Design of Aeroplanes (1916)
• Lanchester, F. W., Aircraft in Warfare (1916)
• Lilienthal, O., Bird Flights as the Basis of Aviation (1917)
• Loening, G. C., Military Aeroplanes (1916)
• McConnell, James R., Flying for France (1917)
• McMinnies, W. G., Practical Flying (1918)
• Maxim, H. S., Artificial and Natural Flight (1908)
• Middleton, E. C., The Way of the Air (1917)
• Middleton, E. C., Glorious Exploits of the Air (1918)
• Middleton, E. C., Airfare of Today and the Future (1918)
• Munday, Albert H., The Eyes of the Army and Navy (1917)
• Orcy, L. d', Editor and Comp., Airship Manual (1917)
• Page, Capt. Victor Wilfred, The A-B-C of Aviation (1918)
• Peary, R. E., Command of the Air (Speech delivered before the American Academy of Political and Social Science) (1917)
• Rathbun, John B., Aeroplane Construction and Operation (1918)
• Robson, W. A., Aircraft in War and Peace (1916)
• Roth, C. W., Short Course in the Theory and Operation of the Free Balloon (1918)
• Roustam-Bek, B., Aerial Russia (1916)
• Simmonds, R., All About Aircraft (1915)
• Stout, Wm. B., Acquiring Wings (1917)
• Talbot, F. A., Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War (1915)
• Thurston, A. B., Elementary Aeronautics (1911)
• Turner, C. C., Aircraft of Today (1917)
• Turner, C. C., Marvels of Aviation (1916)
• Verrill, A. W., Harper's Aircraft Book (1913)
• Walker, S. F., Aviation, Its Principles, Its Present and Future (1912)
• Walker, F., All About Zeppelins and Other Enemy Aircraft (1915)
• Widmer, Emil J., Military Observation Balloons (1917)
• Wood, Walter, Thrilling Deeds of British Airmen (1918)
• Winchester, C., Flying Men and Their Machines (1916)
• Woodhouse, Henry, A Textbook of Military Aeronautics (1918)

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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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