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- THE DREADNOUGHT OF THE AIR
- THE DREADNOUGHT OF THE AIR
- PERCY F. WESTERMAN
- CONTENTS.
- THE DREADNOUGHT
- OF THE AIR.
- CHAPTER I. CONCERNING SUB-LIEUTENANT DACRES.
- CHAPTER II. THE FRENCH INSTRUCTOR.
- CHAPTER III. REMOVED FROM THE NAVY LIST.
- CHAPTER IV. THE MYSTERIOUS AIRSHIP.
- CHAPTER V. A MOMENTOUS TRAIN JOURNEY.
- CHAPTER VI. CHALLENGED.
- CHAPTER VII. THE RETURN OF THE AIRSHIP.
- CHAPTER VIII. WHITTINGHAME'S NARRATIVE.
- CHAPTER IX. THE FLIGHT TO LONDON.
- CHAPTER X. THE STOLEN PLANS.
- CHAPTER XI. THE "METEOR."
- CHAPTER XII. THE "METEOR'S" DEBUT.
- CHAPTER XIII. AN OFFICIAL AND AN UNOFFICIAL INSPECTION.
- CHAPTER XIV. ACROSS GREENLAND.
- CHAPTER XV. THE NORTH POLE.
- CHAPTER XVI. IN THE NICK OF TIME.
- CHAPTER XVII. ZAYPURU'S BOLD STROKE.
- CHAPTER XVIII. THE DISASTER TO THE "LIBERTAD."
- CHAPTER XIX. INVESTIGATING THE WRECK.
- CHAPTER XX. A HAZARDOUS PROPOSAL.
- CHAPTER XXI. WITHIN THE CAVARALE PRISON.
- CHAPTER XXII. DACRES REMINDS THE ADMIRAL.
- CHAPTER XXIII. LOCOMOTIVE VERSUS AEROPLANE.
- CHAPTER XXIV. A BRUSH WITH THE INDIANS.
- CHAPTER XXV. THE CAPTURE OF THE CAVARALE.
- CHAPTER XXVI. UNABLE TO RISE.
- CHAPTER XXVII. PREPARING FOR THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. A PRISONER OF WAR.
- CHAPTER XXIX. WORK FOR THE SEAPLANES.
- CHAPTER XXX. THE FALL OF NAOCUANHA.
- CHAPTER XXXI. A SURPRISE FOR DACRES.
- CHAPTER XXXII. A SUBMARINE ENCOUNTER.
- CHAPTER XXXIII. NEWS OF DURANGO.
- CHAPTER XXXIV. THE CHASE.
- CHAPTER XXXV. THE THUNDERSTORM.
- CHAPTER XXXVI. THE ABANDONED FLYING-BOAT.
- CHAPTER XXXVII. THE GALAPAGOS FISHERMEN.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII. CORNERED.
- CHAPTER XXXIX. DACRES' PROMOTION.
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