Chapters (24)
- The Ocean of Air
- Early Attempts at Aviation
- Early Flying Machines
- Nineteenth Century Experiments
- Claims of Maxim and Ader
- Langley’s Tandem Monoplane
- Experiments with Gliders
- Aviation at the Beginning of the Present Century
- The Kite
- The “Plane” Defined
- Essentials of the Aeroplane
- The Wright Brothers and Their Problem
- Balancing the Machine
- At Kitty Hawk
- The First Flight
- Machine Balanced by Warping of Planes
- Newspaper Reports Verified
- Trial Flights at Fort Meyer
- Fatal Accident
- Wilbur Wright Wins Fame in France
- Wright Brothers Honored
- United States Government Requirements Successfully Met
- Recent Improvements
- Future of the Aeroplane
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