# Aircraft

Author: David, Evan John, 1877-1961

Genre: Category: History - Modern (1750+)

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74358

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Aircraft+David&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Ever since man first noticed the flight of a bird through the air he has longed to fly. How often, during the countless ages of unrecorded time, he attempted to soar above the earth we cannot know. That he tried often and failed always we have ample proof; indeed, the phrase, “might as well try to fly,” expressed the acme of the impossible. That many scientific men for nearly two thousand years believed that eventually a mechanical means could be devised to lift man off the ground like the wings of a bird and to propel him through the air, we have evidence in their writings and the history of their lives.

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aircraft-74358/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aircraft-74358/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aircraft-74358/chapters/13/index.md)
- [volume 7 of 10d toward the end of the year 1918, with what equipment](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aircraft-74358/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aircraft-74358/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aircraft-74358/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aircraft-74358/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aircraft-74358/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aircraft-74358/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aircraft-74358/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aircraft-74358/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aircraft-74358/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aircraft-74358/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aircraft-74358/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aircraft-74358/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aircraft-74358/chapters/12/index.md)
- [PART 1. PILOTS—FLYING WINGS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aircraft-74358/chapters/5/index.md)