Aircraft of To-day. A Popular Account of the Conquest of the Air.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1917,

First American Edition. octavo, red cloth with gilt decoration on front cover. 316pp. J.B. Lippincott Company, Item #16521

Principles of mechanical flight, first years of flying, modern airship theory, first use of aircraft in war, first stages and later developments of World War I. With numerous diagrams, tables, charts, and photographs. With a 25 page appendix containing Records, Aeronautical Terms, French Technical Terms, Lift and "Drag" Table, Scale of Wind Force, Wind Statistics, Weight of Gases, Bird Flight Analysis, and a Bibliography. Light soiling to cloth.

Price: $25.00

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