The Boys' Book of Model Aeroplanes [Airplanes] (New and Revised Edition)

vii, 262 pp. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs and diagrams. CONTENTS: The Conquest of the Air; Why the Aeroplane Flies; Parlor Aviation; The Fuselage; Theory and Practice of Plane Construction; Scientific Propeller Building; Assembling the Motor; Directional Control; Model Aeroplane Designs; Designing the Skids; Geared Motors; Lessons of the Man-Carrying Aeroplanes; Selected Questions for Beginners; Model Aeroplane Mathematics; Curiosities of the Air; Rules for Conducting Model Aeroplane Contests; Constitution and By-Laws of a Model Aeroplane Club; Dictionary of Aeronautical Terms.