Transcriber's Note
This book was transcribed from scans of the original found at the Internet Archive.I have rotated some images. The name Blériot in the original book has the accented eonly in captions to illustrations. I have used the accented version in the rest of thetext as well. There are several variant spellings in the text which I have left alone.
Winner of the Gordon-Bennett Aviation Cup, 1910; author of "The Story of the Aeroplane"; and joint author, with Harry Harper, of "The Aeroplane: Past, Present, and Future," "Heroes of the Air," and "The Aeroplane in War."
THE AEROPLANE
IN WAR
BY
CLAUDE GRAHAME-WHITE
AND
HARRY HARPER
AUTHORS OF "THE AEROPLANE: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE"
PHILADELPHIA
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
LONDON: T. WERNER LAURIE
PREFACE
Although it is still a crude machine—in view ofthe perfected apparatus which is the aim of thoughtfuldesigners—the aeroplane has demonstrated, in aconclusive way, its value as an instrument of war.
In peace manœuvres in France and Germany, andunder actual war conditions in Tripoli, scoutingmachines have proved their ability to pierce mosteffectually what is known as "the fog of war."Air-scouts have, indeed, revealed the dispositions of anenemy so precisely as to make it necessary toalter—at a moment's notice—an entire plan of campaign.
Ceasing to be fair-weather craft, powerful,modern-type aeroplanes can combat high and gusty winds,and are already capable of being used, forreconnoitring flights, on at least 80 per cent of the daysof the year. No longer unreliable, th BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!
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