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CONTENTS.
  • 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.