xix, 307 pp. Illustrated. CONTENTS: Preface; Foreword; Early Flights by Man; Heroes of the Air; Famous Flights; What Makes Airplanes Fly; Pilot Training; Making Military Fliers; Air Power; Our Aerial Fighting Force; Flying with the Fleet; Contrast Between Commercial and Military Planes; Those Who Keep Airplanes Up: They Also Serve; The Aviation Industry: Its Trades and Professions; A Transcontinental Trip as the Pilot Sees It; Airships; Aviation of Recent Days; Lessons from Current Air Wars; What of the Future?; Index.
