es 88
Photo by Press Illustrating Co.

Chanute's Glider 90

A German Taube Pursued by British Planes 92

The First Wright Glider 93

Pilcher's Glider 94

Comparative Strength of Belligerents in Airplanes at the Opening
of the War 96

Comparative Strength of Belligerents in Dirigibles at the Opening
of the War 96

The Wright Glider 98

At a French Airplane Base 100
International Film Service

Stringfellow's Airplane 101

The "America"--Built to Cross the Atlantic 104

A Wright Airplane in Flight 104

First Americans to Fly in France 108
The Lafayette Escadrille

Distinguishing Marks of American Planes 116

What an Aviator must Watch 116

A Caproni Triplane 124

A Caproni Triplane Showing Propellers and Fuselage 124

The Terror that Flieth by Night 128
Painting by Wm. J. Wilson

A Curtis Seaplane Leaving a Battleship 132
Photo by Press Illustrating Co.

Launching a Hydroaeroplane 132

At a United States Training Camp 138

A "Blimp" with Gun Mounted on Top 138

Aviators Descending in Parachutes from a Balloon Struck by
Incendiary Shells 140

The Balloon from which the Aviators Fled 140

German Air Raiders over England 144

One Aviator's Narrow Escape 148

Downed in the Enemy's Country 156

Position of Gunner in Early French Machine 160

Later Type of French Scout 160
Photo by Kadel & Her