Wars have for many centuries been conducted on land and on sea. A third and larger theatre has now been found for them. The air flows over both land and sea; more than either land or sea it is the place of vision, and of speed and freedom of movement. What we of this generation are witnessing is a process whereby the air shall come into its own. It will become the great highway for the traffic of peace; and in war, which cannot be abolished while man has interests that are dearer to him than his own comfort and safety, the forces of the air will be, not a late-found timid auxiliary to the forces of the land and of the sea, but their overseer and their director.
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Footnote 1: From the History of Scotland, by John Lesley, Bishop of Ross, written about 1570.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 2: Journal of the Western Society of Engineers, vol. vi, No. 6, December 1901.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 3: In some of the papers, witticisms appeared on the affinity of Lunatic and Lunardi.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 4: This brief summary is based on two admirable articles in The Army Quarterly for April and July 1921, compiled by the Historical Section (Military Branch) of the Committee of Imperial Defence.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 5: 'Off Dover at 11.35 a.m. one blade of the port propeller burst and flew off, narrowly missing damaging the rigging near the envelope. We were able to fit two new blades while under way and continue the patrol. This took one hour and twenty minutes.'[Back to Main Text]