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 LebandyLebaudy
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-MichelinBreguet-Michelin
p 181: the BréguetBreguet
p 194: British DeHavilandDe 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