WOOD, WALTER, Thrilling Deeds of British Airmen (1918) WINCHESTER, C., Flying Men and Their Machines (1916) WOODHOUSE, HENRY, A Textbook of Military Aeronautics (1918) INDEX Accidents: airplane, 115 balloon, 13, 32, 54 gliding, 84, 85 Aerial Experiment Association, 107 Aero Club of America, 241 A. E. G. airplane, 200, 203 A. G. O. airplane, 200, 203 Ailerons, 13, 94, 98, 111, 113 Airplane: A. E. G., 200, 203 A. G. O., 200, 203 Albatros, 195, 203 Antoinette, 104, 105, 109, 110, 113, 119 Aviatik, 196, 203 Avro, 181, 182 battle planes, 128-140, 177, 178, 192-196 Blériot, 104, 105, 110, 113 bombing planes, 128-149, 180-188, 197-204 Breguet, 114, 181 Breguet-Michelin, 179 Bristol Scout, 175 Caproni, 183-185 Caudron, 178, 182 chassis, 111, 165-167 Curtiss, 108, 173, 174, 187, 249 De Havilland, 175, 194 _Demoiselle_, 114 Dorand, 181 drift, 97 early experiments, 77-90 engines (see _engine_) Farman, 108, 110, 112, 116, 178, 181 first principles of, 91-98 first real, 89 flight records (see _records_) Fokker, 172, 192-194, 203 Friedrichshafen, 199 Gotha, 197-199, 203 Halberstadt, 196, 203 Handley-Page, 181, 182 head resistance, 96, 151, 160 _June Bug_, 107 _Langley_, 182 Letord, 181 L. V. W., 203 making of, 223-231 (also see _fabrics_) Moineau, 179, 181 Morane, 119, 192 _NC-4_, 244 Nieuport, 121, 171, 211 nomenclature, 94 Pfalz, 203 reconnaissance planes, 128-149, 177-180 _Red Wing_, 107 Roland, 203 Rumpler, 203 Santos-Dumont's, 100, 114 Sikorsky, 125-127, 187 Sopwith, 175, 181, 185, 186, 244 Spad, 173 starting and landing problems, 165-167, 240 Taube, 191 Vickers, Scout, 175 Vickers-Vimy, 245 Voisin, 102, 103, 110, 112, 178, 182 Voisin-Peugeot, 179, 181 _White Wing_, 107 wings (see _wings_) Wright (see _Wright_) Albatros airplane, 195, 203 Alcock, Capt. John, 245 Annonay, 3, 4 Antoinette airplane, 104, 105, 109, 110, 113, 119 Archimedes' law of gravity, 14 Argus engine, 126 Arlandes, Marquis d', 7, 8 Ascents, early balloon, 3, 7-12, 20-23, 26, 27, 49 Astra dirigible, 73-74 Astra-Torres dirigible, 73-74 Aviatik airplane, 196, 203 Aviator, training of an, 232-243 Avro airplane, 181, 182