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The Way of the Air: A Description of Modern Aviation

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By Edgar Charles Middleton
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It surveys aviation's rapid wartime development, describing aircraft types, pilot training, and the physical and psychological demands on service airmen. Practical guidance and technical descriptions cover seaplanes, airships, reconnaissance and combat tactics, while a substantial diary-like section recounts frontline incidents, raids, and aerial engagements. Anecdotes illustrate hazard, courage, and everyday routines, and closing chapters consider legal, tactical, and technological issues and prospects for postwar aviation.

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Title: The Way of the Air: A Description of Modern Aviation

Author: Edgar Charles Middleton

Release date: March 28, 2016 [eBook #51581]
Most recently updated: October 23, 2024

Language: English

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE WAY OF THE AIR: A DESCRIPTION OF MODERN AVIATION ***

THE WAY OF THE AIR

THE WAY
OF THE AIR

A DESCRIPTION OF MODERN AVIATION

BY

EDGAR C. MIDDLETON

(“AN AIR PILOT”)

LATE FLIGHT SUB-LIEUT., R.N.; AUTHOR OF “AIRCRAFT”

NEW YORK
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1917, by
Frederick A. Stokes Company

All rights reserved including that of translation into foreign languages

Dedication

TO THE MEMORY OF FRIENDS
WHO HAVE FALLEN IN THE GREAT FIGHT

Captain ADRIAN LIDDELL, V.C., R.F.C.
Flight Sub-Lieut. R. A. J. WARNEFORD, V.C., R.N.
Flight Lieut. ROSHER, R.N.
Flight Lieut. TALBOT, R.N.
Flight Lieut. GRAHAM, R.N.
Flight Commander BEARD, R.N.
Captain BASIL HALLAM RADFORD, R.F.C.

AND

Second-Lieut. ARTHUR FISHER, R.F.C.

“WHO FOUND GLORY ONLY BECAUSE
GLORY LAY IN THE PLAIN PATH OF DUTY”

THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED