Aircraft Year Book

398 pp. Black-and-white photographs, color fold-out maps. 1919 was the first year this was issued, and the series continued for 40 years. CONTENTS: Preface; The Future of Aviation; The Manufacturers Aircraft Association, Inc.; The Banquet; Aeromarine Plane and Motor Corporation; The Burgess Company; The Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation; Dayton Wright Airplane Company; The Engel Aircraft Company; Glenn L. Martin Company; L-W-F Engineering Company; Standard Aircraft Corporation; Standard Aero Corporation of N.Y.; The Springfield Aircraft Corporation; The St. Louis Aircraft Corporation; The Sturtevant Aeroplane Company; Thomas-Morse Aircraft Corporation; Wright-Martin Aircraft Corporation; Government Insignia; Government Organizations; American Aces; British Aces; French Aces; Italian Aces; German Aces; The Beginning of Practical Aviation; How We Made the First Flight, by Orville Wright; Important Events in the History of Heavier-than-Air Flying Machines; Important Events in Military Aeronautics; Aerial Mail To-day and To-morrow; Postmaster Praeger's Speech; The Weather Bureau and Aviation, by Willis Ray Gregg; Meteorological Tables; Balloons; Important Events in Balloon History; Mapping of Aerial Routes; Route Mapping Table; Landing Fields; Air Service Stations; How Men Fly; Altitude Records; Designation of Airplanes; Books on Aeronautics; List of Aeronautical Magazines; Specific Gravity Equivalents for Degrees Beaume; Metric Conversion Table; Classification for Aeronautical Library; Members of the Manufacturers Aircraft Association; Index to Illustrations; Index.