IN the boy's calendar nowadays the aeroplane season comes in with sledding and runs all through skating, marble, top, kite-flying, and bicycle time. The delights of all the old games seem to be found in this marvelous new toy. The fun in throwing a top cannot compare with that of launching an aeroplane, while kiteflying is a very poor substitute for the actual conquest of the air. To watch one of these fascinating little ships of the air, which you have fashioned and built with your own hands, actually rise from the earth and soar aloft with a swallow'sTable of Contents L The New Sport for Boys 3; II Why the Aeroplane Flies 18; III How To Build a " Glider " 30; IV Building the Motor 50; V Fine Points of Construction 68; VI, Simple Monoplane Models 84; VII, Elaborating the Monoplane 102 VIII Building a Biplane 121; IX Combining Monoplane and Biplane Forms 137; X Faults and How to Mend Them 143; PART II; THE HISTORY AND SCIENCE OF AVIATION; X The First Flying Machines 163; II Developing the Aeroplane 175; III The Wright Brothers' Own Story , 193; IV Aboard the Wrights' Airship 224 V Otber Aeroplanes Appear 238; VI Successful Monoplanes 254; VII Aerial Warfare 272; VIII Sports of the Air, Aeroplanes 293About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the difficult to read text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org --This text refers to the Paperback edition.