Aircraft and Submarines. Willis J. Abbot
ILLUSTRATIONS
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Fighting by Sea and Sky Frontispiece Painting by John E. Whiting
Dropping a Depth Bomb 4 Painting by Lieut. Farré
A Battle in Mid-air 8 Painting by Lieut. Farré
Victory in the Clouds 12 Painting by John E. Whiting
The Fall of the Boche 16 Painting by Lieut. Farré
Lana's Vacuum Balloon 18
Montgolfier's Experimental Balloon 21
A Rescue at Sea 24 Painting by Lieut. Farré
Montgolfier's Passenger Balloon 27
Charles's Balloon 31
A French Observation Balloon on Fire 32
Roberts Brothers' Dirigible 34
Giffard's Dirigible 37
A British Kite Balloon 40
British "Blimp" 40 Photographed from Above.
A Kite Balloon Rising from the Hold of a Ship 48
The Giant and the Pigmies 60 Painting by John E. Whiting
A French "Sausage" 64 Photo by Press Illustrating Co.
A British "Blimp" 64
The Death of a Zeppelin 72 Photo by Paul Thompson
A German Dirigible, Hansa Type 76
A Wrecked Zeppelin at Salonika 76 Photo by Press Illustrating Co.
British Aviators about to Ascend 80
Langley's Airplane 84
A French Airdrome near the Front 84
Lilienthal's Glider 86
A German War Zeppelin 88
French Observation Balloon Seeking Submarines 88 Photo by Press Illustrating Co.
Chanute's Glider 90
A German Taube Pursued by British Planes 92
The First Wright Glider 93
Pilcher's Glider 94
Comparative Strength of Belligerents in Airplanes at the Opening of the War 96
Comparative Strength of Belligerents in Dirigibles at the Opening of the War 96
The Wright Glider 98
At a French Airplane Base 100 International Film Service
Stringfellow's Airplane 101
The "America"—Built to Cross the Atlantic 104
A Wright Airplane in Flight 104
First Americans to Fly in France 108 The Lafayette Escadrille
Distinguishing Marks of American Planes 116
What an Aviator must Watch 116
A Caproni Triplane 124
A Caproni Triplane Showing Propellers and Fuselage 124
The Terror that Flieth by Night 128 Painting by Wm. J. Wilson
A Curtis Seaplane Leaving a Battleship 132 Photo by Press Illustrating Co.
Launching a Hydroaëroplane 132
At a United States Training Camp 138
A "Blimp" with Gun Mounted on Top 138
Aviators Descending in Parachutes from a Balloon Struck by Incendiary Shells 140
The Balloon from which the Aviators Fled 140
German Air Raiders over England 144
One Aviator's Narrow Escape 148
Downed in the Enemy's Country 156
Later Type of French Scout 160 Photo by Kadel & Herbert
Position of Gunner in Early French Machine 160
A French Scout Airplane 168 Photo by Press Illustrating Co.
"Showing Off." A Nieuport Performing Aërial Acrobatics around a Heavier Bombing Machine 168
An Air Raid on a Troop Train 174 Painting by John E. Whiting
A Burning Balloon, Photographed from a Parachute by the Escaping Balloonist 176
A Caproni Biplane Circling the Woolworth Building 184
Cruising at 2000 Feet. One Biplane Photographed from Another 184
An Air Battle in Progress 192
A Curtis Hydroaroplane 192
The U. S. Aviation School at Mineola 208
Miss Ruth Law at Close of her Chicago to New York Flight 216
A French Aviator between Flights 216
A German "Gotha"—Their Favorite Type 224
A French Monoplane 232
A German Scout Brought to Earth in France 232
A Gas Attack Photographed from an Airplane 240
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