Parachute flares, 34 Parachutes, 28-35, 42 Paulhan, 108, 116 Paris, bombing raid on (1918), 201 Parseval, Major von, 37, 66 _Patrie_, 63 _Pax_, 58 Pelcher, Percy S., 85 Pershing, General John, 218 Pfalz airplane, 203 Pola, bombing raid on, 184 Pollock, C. F., 23 Pourpe, Marc, 216 Price, Norman, 216 Propeller, principle of, 161-163 Raids, famous bombing: Paris, 201 Pola, 184 Read, Lieut.-Com. A. C., 244 Reconnaissance planes, 128-149, 177-180 Record airplane flights: altitude, 116, 168 channel, 104 distance, 101, 115, 116, 119, 154 speed, 108, 119, 121 trans-Atlantic, 244 _Red Wing_, 107 Renard, 53 Rheims meetings, 107, 109, 119, 121, 154 Richthofen, Baron von, 194, 210, 212, 215, 220-222 Rickenbacker, Capt. Eddie, 218-220 Ripping panel, balloon, 18 Roberts Brothers, 9, 49 Rockwell, Kiffen, 216 Roland airplane, 203 Rolls-Royce engine, 182 Rosevear, Stanley, 215 Rozier, Pilat de, 6, 13 Rumpler airplane, 203 Salomone, Major, 185 Santos-Dumont, 55-59, 99-102, 114 Sausage balloon, 19, 36-44 Schaeck, Colonel, 27 Schwartz, David, 54 _Scientific American_ trophy, 107 Scott, Major G. H., 245 Selfridge, Lieut. Thomas, 106 Severo, 58 Sigsfeld, Captain von, 37 Sikorsky, I. I., 125, 126, 127, 187 Sopwith airplane, 175, 181, 185, 186, 244 Spad airplane, 173 Speiss dirigible, 74 Steering ballonet, 38 _Storks_, the, 172, 210 Taube airplane, 191 Templer, Colonel, 64, 65 Tissandier, Gaston and Albert, 53, 108 Towers, Commander, 244 Trail rope, balloon, 18 Training of an aviator, 232-243 Trans-Atlantic flights, 244 Triplane, development of, 148-151 Vickers Scout airplane, 175 Vickers-Vimy airplane, 245 _Ville de Paris_, 63 Vinci, Leonardi da, 79 Voisin airplane, 102, 103, 110, 112, 178, 182 Voisin Brothers, 102, 110 Voisin-Peugeot airplane, 179, 181 Wenham, 80 _White Wing_, 107 Wilcox, James, 11 Wilkinson, Allan, 215 Wings: Lilienthal's, 81-84 principles of, 81, 95, 147, 148, 149, 166, 167 Wing-warping, 88, 97 Wissemann, 212 Wölfert, 54 Wollett, Capt. Henry W., 215 _World_, New York, prize, 118 Wright, Wilbur and Orville, 86-90, 99, 101, 103, 114, 150, 151, 153 Zambeccari, Count, 11 Zeppelin, Count von, 55, 62, 65 Zeppelins, 55-56, 62, 65, 66, 68, 123 Zodiacs, 72 * * * * * Transcriber's Notes: The original spelling and minor inconsistencies in the spelling and formatting have been maintained. The table below lists all corrections applied to the original text.