"Although it is still a crude machine, in view of the perfected apparatus
which is the aim of thoughtful designers, the aeroplane has demonstrated,
in a conclusive way, its value as an instrument of war." - Summary by Authors
Chapters
1 PREFACE 8 min 2 REVIEW OF PROGRESS PRIOR TO THE FIRST MILITARY TESTS OF AEROPLANES 49 min 3 FIRST EXPERIMENTS WITH AEROPLANES IN THE FRENCH AUTUMN MANOEUVRES, 1910 9 min 4 THE GROWING AIR-FLEETS OF FOREIGN NATIONS 27 min 5 IMPORTANCE OF ORGANISATION IN THE USE OF WAR AEROPLANES 12 min 6 ENGLAND'S POSITION IN REGARDS TO MILITARY FLYING 36 min 7 WAR AEROPLANES AT THE PARIS AERONAUTICAL EXHIBITION, DECEMBER, 1911 29 min 8 WHAT EXISTING WAR AEROPLANES CAN ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISH 31 min 9 WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY AND PHOTOGRAPHY AS AIDS TO AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE 22 min 10 DEVELOPMENT OF ALL-WEATHER WAR AEROPLANES 24 min 11 THE TRAINING OF ARMY AIRMEN 41 min 12 THE COST OF WAR AEROPLANES 33 min 13 PROBLEM OF ARTILLERY FIRE AND THE AEROPLANE 25 min 14 DESTRUCTIVE POTENTIALITIES OF WEIGHT-CARRYING AEROPLANES 18 min 15 WAR IN THE AIR BETWEEN HOSTILE AEROPLANES 13 min 16 VALUE OF THE AEROPLANE IN NAVAL WARFARE 14 min 17 AERIAL WORK IN THE FRENCH AND GERMAN AUTUMN MANOEUVRES, 1911 28 min
