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Title: Aviation in Peace and War

Author: Sir Frederick Hugh Sykes

Release Date: April 30, 2008 [EBook #25244]

Language: English

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AVIATION IN
PEACE AND WAR

BY

Major-General Sir F. H. SYKES
G.B.E., K.C.B., C.M.G.
LATE CHIEF OF THE AIR STAFF
AND
CONTROLLER-GENERAL OF CIVIL AVIATION

LONDON
EDWARD ARNOLD & CO.
1922
[_All rights reserved_]

Transcriber's Note:

Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note, whilst
more significant amendments have been listed at the end of the text.
The oe ligature is represented by [oe].

CONTENTS

PAGE
INTRODUCTION 7

CHAPTER I. PRE-WAR 9

Early Thoughts on Flight. The Invention of the Balloon.
First Experiments in Gliders and Aeroplanes. The Wright
Brothers and their Successors in Europe. The First
Airships. The Beginnings of Aviation in England. The
Inception and Development of Aircraft as Part of the
Forces of the Crown: the Balloon Factory; the Air
Battalion; the Royal Flying Corps, the Military Wing,
the Naval Wing. Tactics and the Machine. Conclusions.

CHAPTER II. WAR 44

General Remarks on War Development. Co-operation with
the Army: Reconnaissance; Photography; Wireless;
Bombing; Contact Patrol; Fighting. Co-operation with
the Navy: Coast Defence, Patrol and Convoy Work; Fleet
Assistance, Reconnaissance, Spotting for Ships' Guns;
Bombing; Torpedo Attack. Home Defence: Night Flyi