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The Aeroplane in War

Claude Grahame-White (1879 - 1959) and Harry Harper (1880 - 1960)

"Although it is still a crude machine—in view of the perfected apparatus
which is the aim of thoughtful designers—the aeroplane has demonstrated,
in a conclusive way, its value as an instrument of war." - Summary by Authors

Genre(s): War & Military, Transportation

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	PREFACE	Jim Locke	00:08:05
Play 01	REVIEW OF PROGRESS PRIOR TO THE FIRST MILITARY TESTS OF AEROPLANES	Jim Locke	00:48:54
Play 02	FIRST EXPERIMENTS WITH AEROPLANES IN THE FRENCH AUTUMN MANOEUVRES, 1910	Jim Locke	00:09:12
Play 03	THE GROWING AIR-FLEETS OF FOREIGN NATIONS	Jim Locke	00:26:47
Play 04	IMPORTANCE OF ORGANISATION IN THE USE OF WAR AEROPLANES	Jim Locke	00:12:09
Play 05	ENGLAND'S POSITION IN REGARDS TO MILITARY FLYING	Jim Locke	00:35:54
Play 06	WAR AEROPLANES AT THE PARIS AERONAUTICAL EXHIBITION, DECEMBER, 1911	Jim Locke	00:28:43
Play 07	WHAT EXISTING WAR AEROPLANES CAN ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISH	Jim Locke	00:31:06
Play 08	WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY AND PHOTOGRAPHY AS AIDS TO AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE	Jim Locke	00:21:37
Play 09	DEVELOPMENT OF ALL-WEATHER WAR AEROPLANES	Jim Locke	00:24:27
Play 10	THE TRAINING OF ARMY AIRMEN	Jim Locke	00:40:41
Play 11	THE COST OF WAR AEROPLANES	Jim Locke	00:33:23
Play 12	PROBLEM OF ARTILLERY FIRE AND THE AEROPLANE	Jim Locke	00:24:57
Play 13	DESTRUCTIVE POTENTIALITIES OF WEIGHT-CARRYING AEROPLANES	Jim Locke	00:17:31
Play 14	WAR IN THE AIR BETWEEN HOSTILE AEROPLANES	Jim Locke	00:12:43
Play 15	VALUE OF THE AEROPLANE IN NAVAL WARFARE	Jim Locke	00:14:15
Play 16	AERIAL WORK IN THE FRENCH AND GERMAN AUTUMN MANOEUVRES, 1911	Jim Locke	00:27:58

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