Chapter 1. The Ocean of Air
Chapter 2. Early Attempts at Aviation
Chapter 3. Early Flying Machines
Chapter 4. Nineteenth Century Experiments
Chapter 5. Claims of Maxim and Ader
Chapter 6. Langley’s Tandem Monoplane
Chapter 7. Experiments with Gliders
Chapter 8. Aviation at the Beginning of the Present Century
Chapter 9. The Kite
Chapter 10. The “Plane” Defined
Chapter 11. Essentials of the Aeroplane
Chapter 12. The Wright Brothers and Their Problem
Chapter 13. Balancing the Machine
Chapter 14. At Kitty Hawk
Chapter 15. The First Flight
Chapter 16. Machine Balanced by Warping of Planes
Chapter 17. Newspaper Reports Verified
Chapter 18. Trial Flights at Fort Meyer
Chapter 19. Fatal Accident
Chapter 20. Wilbur Wright Wins Fame in France
Chapter 21. Wright Brothers Honored
Chapter 22. United States Government Requirements Successfully Met
Chapter 23. Recent Improvements
Chapter 24. Future of the Aeroplane
