The Curtiss Aviation Book

About this eBook

Author

Post, Augustus, 1873-1952

Credits

James Simmons

Language

English

LoC Class

TL: Technology: Motor vehicles, Aeronautics, Astronautics

Subject

Airplanes

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 66511

Release Date

October 10, 2021

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Curtiss Aviation Book — PART I BOYHOOD AND EARLY EXPERIMENTS OF GLENN H. CURTISS by Augustus Post
2. 2.CHAPTER I THE COMING AIRMEN AN INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER
3. 3.CHAPTER II BOYHOOD DAYS
4. 4.CHAPTER III BUILDING MOTORS AND MOTORCYCLE RACING
5. 5.CHAPTER IV BALDWIN'S BALLOON — PART II MY FIRST FLIGHTS by Glenn H. Curtiss
6. 6.CHAPTER I BEGINNING TO FLY
7. 7.CHAPTER II FIRST FLIGHTS
8. 8.CHAPTER III THE "JUNE BUG" FIRST FLIGHTS FOR THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN TROPHY AND FIRST EXPERIMENTS WITH THE HYDROAEROPLANE
9. 9.CHAPTER IV FIRST FLIGHTS IN NEW YORK CITY — PART III MY CHIEF FLIGHTS AND THE WORK OF TO-DAY by Glenn H. Curtiss
10. 10.CHAPTER I THE RHEIMS MEET FIRST INTERNATIONAL AEROPLANE CONTEST
11. 11.CHAPTER II HUDSON-FULTON CELEBRATION FIRST AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL MEET, AT LOS ANGELES
12. 12.CHAPTER III FLIGHT DOWN THE HUDSON RIVER FROM ALBANY TO NEW YORK CITY
13. 13.CHAPTER IV THE BEGINNING OF THE HYDROAEROPLANE
14. 14.CHAPTER V DEVELOPING THE HYDROAEROPLANE AT SAN DIEGO–THE HYDRO OF THE SUMMER OF 1912 — PART IV THE REAL FUTURE OF THE AEROPLANE BY GLENN H. CURTISS WITH CHAPTERS BY CAPTAIN PAUL W. BECK, U. S. A., LIEUTENANT THEODORE G. ELLYSON, U. S. N., AND AUGUSTUS POST
15. 15.CHAPTER I AEROPLANE SPEED OF THE FUTURE
16. 16.CHAPTER II FUTURE SURPRISES OF THE AEROPLANE–HUNTING, TRAVEL, MAIL, WIRELESS, LIFE-SAVING, AND OTHER SPECIAL USES
17. 17.CHAPTER III THE FUTURE OF THE HYDRO
18. 18.CHAPTER IV FUTURE PROBLEMS OF AVIATION
19. 19.CHAPTER V THE AEROPLANE AS APPLIED TO THE ARMY (By Captain Paul W. Beck, U. S. A.)
20. 20.CHAPTER VI THE AEROPLANE FOR THE NAVY (With an Account of the Training Camp at San Diego. By Lieutenant Theodore G. Ellyson, U. S. N.)
21. 21.CHAPTER VII GLIDING AND CYCLE-SAILING A FUTURE SPORT FOR BOYS, THE AIRMEN OF TO-MORROW (By Augustus Post.) — PART V EVERY-DAY FLYING FOR PROFESSIONAL AND AMATEUR BY GLENN H. CURTISS WITH CHAPTERS BY AUGUSTUS POST AND HUGH ROBINSON
22. 22.CHAPTER I TEACHING AVIATORS HOW AN AVIATOR FLIES
23. 23.CHAPTER II AVIATION FOR AMATEURS
24. 24.CHAPTER III HOW IT FEELS TO FLY (By Augustus Post.)
25. 25.CHAPTER IV OPERATING A HYDROAEROPLANE (By Hugh Robinson.) — PART VI THE CURTISS PUPILS AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE CURTISS AEROPLANE AND MOTOR BY AUGUSTUS POST
26. 26.CHAPTER I PUPILS
27. 27.CHAPTER II A DESCRIPTION OF THE CURTISS BIPLANE
28. 28.CHAPTER III THE CURTISS MOTOR AND FACTORY

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