- Aircraft as Constituting a New or Fourth "Arm."
- Primary and Secondary Functions of the Aeronautical Arm.
- Aeroplane versus Airship or Dirigible—Speed Limitations.
- Aeroplane and Dirigible in Armed Conflict.
- Means of Attack and Defence.
- Strategic and Tactical Uses of the Aeronautical Arm.
- The Strategic Scout and its Duties.
- Directing Artillery Fire by Aircraft.
- Aircraft as Vulnerable to Gun-fire.
- Armour and Altitude as Means of Defence.
- Low Altitude Flying.
- The Aeroplane in a Combatant Capacity—Armour Plate.
- The Machine Gun in the Service of the Aeronautical Arm.
- The Fighting Type of Aeroplane and its Future.
- As Affecting the Cavalry Arm.
- The Principle of Concentration.
- The Value of Numerical Strength.
- The N-Square Law.
- The Principle of Concentration —Continued.
- The N-Square Law in its Application.
- Applications of the N-Square Law in Naval Warfare.
- British Naval Tactics in 1805.
- Nelson's Tactical Scheme—The N-Square Law at Trafalgar.
- Attack by Aeroplane on Aeroplane.
- The Fighting Machine as a Separate Type.
- The Question of Armament—Treaty Restrictions.
- Importance of Rapid Fire—Machine Guns Multiply Mounted.
- Rapidity of Fire and its Measure.
- Armour in its Relation to Armament.
- Importance of Upper "Gage"—Attack from Above
- Armour and Shield Protection.
- Gun-fire Ballistics—The Energy Account.
- Expanding and Explosive Bullets.
- Theory of the Expanding Bullet.
- The Light-weight Shell.
- Miscellaneous Weapons and Means of Offence.
- The Bomb and the Hand Grenade.
- Bomb Dropping, Difficulties of Aiming.
- Rockets, Air-borne Torpedoes, etc.
- Supremacy of the Gun against Aircraft.
- Aircraft in the Service of the Navy—Naval Reconnaissance.
- Mother-ship or Floating Base.
- Armament of the Naval Aeroplane—the Employment of Bombs.
- Torpedo Attack by Air.
- Aeroplane and Submarine—Attack by Bomb.
- Aircraft in the Service of the Navy —Continued.
- The Naval Air-scout.
- The Flying-Boat Type—The Double Float Type.
- The Ocean-going Floating Base or Pontoon-ship.
- The Command of the Air.
- Air Power as Affecting Combined Tactics.
- Defeat in the Air an Irreparable Disaster.
- Employment of Aircraft in Large Bodies—Air Tactics.
- An Independent Combatant Air Fleet and its Duties.
- Tactical Importance of Altitude.
- Formation Flying—Airmanship and Signalling.
- The " V " Formation and its Value.
- Aircraft Bases at High Altitude.
- The Command of the Air and its Limitations.
- Belligerent Aircraft and the Rights and Obligations of Neutrals.
- Other International Questions Relating to Aircraft.
- Aircraft in Neutral Territory.
- Present Day Position—The Fourth Arm in Peace Time.
- The Flight Ground Question—Depreciation and Obsolescence.
- British Ascendancy in the Air.
- Causes which have Contributed to British Ascendancy.
- The Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
- The Royal Aircraft Factory.
- The Maintenance of British Supremacy.
- Government versus Private Manufacture.
- Continuity of Policy—A Scheme of Control.
- A Board of Aeronautics Advocated.
- Retrospect—The Scope and Limitations of the Work.
- Supplementary Notes on the N-Square Law.
- Air Raids and the Value of Numbers.
- A Further Note on Aircraft and Submarine.
- The Strategic Employment of Aircraft on a Large Scale.
- Air Raids—Some Questions of National Defence.
- Power of Aggression as Affected by Radius of Action.
- Air Raids as Affecting the Naval Outlook.
- Aeronautical and Naval Defence Indissolubly Associated.
- Future of Air Power: Essentially a National Question.
- Categorical Statement of Recommendations for Future Policy.
| I. | R.A.F. Type B.E.2. As flown at the International Competition in August, 1912 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | 4
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| II. | Field Tent for Aeroplane; Back View ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | 12
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| III. | R.A.F. Type B.E.2c. Fitted with R.A.F. (British Built) Engine ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | 20
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| IV. | Skeleton of Type B.E.2. Showing position of Tank, Seats, Engine, and Body structure ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | 28
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| V. | Test of "Bullet-Proof" Steel Plate, 3 m.m. thick ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | 36
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| VI. | R.A.F. Type F.E.2. Designed to carry gun weight 300 lbs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | 68
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| VII. | R.A.F. Type R.E.5. An " R.E. Portable " Tent Pole used as Derrick for dismounting Engine ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | 76
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| VIII. | "Flying Boat " Type. Built by Messrs. White and Thompson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | 108
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| IX. | Hydro-Aeroplane H.R.E.3. R.A.F. Design for the "Naval Wing" in 1912 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | 108
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| X. | Floats 1912 Type, as fitted to H.R.E.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | 116
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| XI. | R.A.F. Type R.E.I. (1912) Folded for Transport or Storage ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | 124
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| XII. | An Example of Rough Usage. The Sopwith "Scout," a very fast single seater ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | 158
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| XIII. | R.A.F. Type S.E.4. Single Seat Reconnaissance Machine ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | 160
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| XIV. | Early (Experimental) Model of B.E.2c. Calculated and Demonstrated as inherently Stable by the late Mr. E. T. Busk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | 164
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