The Curtiss Aviation Book
by Augustus Post Glenn Hammond Curtiss
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Chapters (35)
- The Curtiss Aviation Book
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- PART I BOYHOOD AND EARLY EXPERIMENTS OF GLENN H. CURTISS by Augustus Post
- CHAPTER I THE COMING AIRMEN AN INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER
- CHAPTER II BOYHOOD DAYS
- CHAPTER III BUILDING MOTORS AND MOTORCYCLE RACING
- CHAPTER IV BALDWIN'S BALLOON
- PART II MY FIRST FLIGHTS by Glenn H. Curtiss
- CHAPTER I BEGINNING TO FLY
- CHAPTER II FIRST FLIGHTS
- CHAPTER III THE "JUNE BUG" FIRST FLIGHTS FOR THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN TROPHY AND FIRST EXPERIMENTS WITH THE HYDROAEROPLANE
- CHAPTER IV FIRST FLIGHTS IN NEW YORK CITY
- PART III MY CHIEF FLIGHTS AND THE WORK OF TO-DAY by Glenn H. Curtiss
- CHAPTER I THE RHEIMS MEET FIRST INTERNATIONAL AEROPLANE CONTEST
- CHAPTER II HUDSON-FULTON CELEBRATION FIRST AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL MEET, AT LOS ANGELES
- CHAPTER III FLIGHT DOWN THE HUDSON RIVER FROM ALBANY TO NEW YORK CITY
- CHAPTER IV THE BEGINNING OF THE HYDROAEROPLANE
- CHAPTER V DEVELOPING THE HYDROAEROPLANE AT SAN DIEGO–THE HYDRO OF THE SUMMER OF 1912
- PART IV THE REAL FUTURE OF THE AEROPLANE BY GLENN H. CURTISS WITH CHAPTERS BY CAPTAIN PAUL W. BECK, U. S. A., LIEUTENANT THEODORE G. ELLYSON, U. S. N., AND AUGUSTUS POST
- CHAPTER I AEROPLANE SPEED OF THE FUTURE
- CHAPTER II FUTURE SURPRISES OF THE AEROPLANE–HUNTING, TRAVEL, MAIL, WIRELESS, LIFE-SAVING, AND OTHER SPECIAL USES
- CHAPTER III THE FUTURE OF THE HYDRO
- CHAPTER IV FUTURE PROBLEMS OF AVIATION
- CHAPTER V THE AEROPLANE AS APPLIED TO THE ARMY (By Captain Paul W. Beck, U. S. A.)
- CHAPTER VI THE AEROPLANE FOR THE NAVY (With an Account of the Training Camp at San Diego. By Lieutenant Theodore G. Ellyson, U. S. N.)
- CHAPTER VII GLIDING AND CYCLE-SAILING A FUTURE SPORT FOR BOYS, THE AIRMEN OF TO-MORROW (By Augustus Post.)
- PART V EVERY-DAY FLYING FOR PROFESSIONAL AND AMATEUR BY GLENN H. CURTISS WITH CHAPTERS BY AUGUSTUS POST AND HUGH ROBINSON
- CHAPTER I TEACHING AVIATORS HOW AN AVIATOR FLIES
- CHAPTER II AVIATION FOR AMATEURS
- CHAPTER III HOW IT FEELS TO FLY (By Augustus Post.)
- CHAPTER IV OPERATING A HYDROAEROPLANE (By Hugh Robinson.)
- PART VI THE CURTISS PUPILS AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE CURTISS AEROPLANE AND MOTOR BY AUGUSTUS POST
- CHAPTER I PUPILS
- CHAPTER II A DESCRIPTION OF THE CURTISS BIPLANE
- CHAPTER III THE CURTISS MOTOR AND FACTORY
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