# Learning to fly in the U.S. Army

Author: Fales, E. N. (Elisha Noel), 1887-1970

Genre: Category: Engineering & Technology

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72902

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Learning+to+fly+in+the+U.S.+Army+Fales&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

That part of the history of Aviation which has especial interest for aviators is of recent date, and extends back only two dozen years. Of course efforts have been made toward manflight ever since the early sixteenth century, when Leonardo da Vinci invented the parachute and became the first patron of aeronautics; between the time of this famous artist and the present many experimenters have given their attention to the problem, but previous to the last decade of the nineteenth century nothing practical was achieved. Then, with the perfection of the steam engine and the development of the gasoline engine, there came inducement to sound experimentation, bringing forth such well-known figur...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/learning-to-fly-in-the-u-s-army-72902/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/learning-to-fly-in-the-u-s-army-72902/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/learning-to-fly-in-the-u-s-army-72902/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/learning-to-fly-in-the-u-s-army-72902/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/learning-to-fly-in-the-u-s-army-72902/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/learning-to-fly-in-the-u-s-army-72902/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/learning-to-fly-in-the-u-s-army-72902/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/learning-to-fly-in-the-u-s-army-72902/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/learning-to-fly-in-the-u-s-army-72902/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/learning-to-fly-in-the-u-s-army-72902/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/learning-to-fly-in-the-u-s-army-72902/chapters/4/index.md)