Chapter I: Introduction: ix

I. THE EARLIER AËRIAL SCOUTS 1

II. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AIRSHIP 11

III. TYPES OF MODERN AIRSHIPS: BRITISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, ITALIAN,
RUSSIAN, AUSTRIAN, AND BELGIAN 18

IV. THE GERMAN AIRSHIP FLEET 37

V. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF AIRSHIPS 50

VI. THE ADVENT OF THE AËROPLANE 78

VII. TYPES OF AËROPLANES: BRITISH, FRENCH, ITALIAN, RUSSIAN,
AUSTRIAN, BELGIAN, AND BULGARIAN 91

VIII. GERMANY’S AËROPLANE EQUIPMENT 123

IX. THE FIRST USE OF THE AËROPLANE IN WAR--TRIPOLI--THE
BALKANS 137

X. THE NEW ARM IN ARMAGEDDON 144

XI. PRESENT DEFICIENCIES AND FUTURE POSSIBILITIES OF THE
MILITARY AËROPLANE 166