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ABRIS Calas biplane, 4.
Accumulators for models, no. Ader’s .Avion, 10.
Aerial Experimental .Association, 5, 39, 119, 131, 145, 162, 185, 186, 211. See Curtiss and Bell (r>r. Graham).
Aerial League, 52, 56, 204, 209, 228, 238, 258, 331, 348, 362, 615, 628.
Aerial Manufacturing Co. monoplane, 726.
Aerial transport, S4, 86, 146, 229, 282, 302, 347, 702,801.
Aero Club, official notices, weekly.
and Doncaster suspensions, 761, 780, 795, 797- . . .
and other societies, 258. See a/so Unity, and provincial clubs, 572, 614, 638, 653, 690, 754. 770-
and R..A.C , 782, 815. and War Office, 229. annual dinner, 816. annual general meeting, 147. ballcon ascents, 379, 463, 572. balloon race, 378, 431. banquet to M. Bleriot, 456, 463.
,, Wright Brothers, 260. Bleriot monument, 542. challenge cup, 77, 89.
flying ground, IT2, 127, 130, 136, 229, 241, 259, 266, 273, 288, 330, 493, 745, 830.
hare and hounds race, 411, 444. honorarj' observers, 344. laboratory, 69. medal, 28, 707.
medal for balloon photographs, 104, 123. point-to-point balloon race, 241, 309, 315, .330. G7-
prizes, 209, 246, 542, 707, 729. subscription, 615.
Aerodrome, what is an, 13. Aerodynamics, 292, 357.
Aeronautical Institute, 214, 230.
,, navigation, 802.
„ Society, 258, 260, 527, 694, 746, 817.
Aeroplane Club, 42, 660, 688, 696, 704, 713, 750, 766,
,, banquet to M. Bli^riot, 574.
,, model contest, 541, 573.
Aero Technic Institute (P’rench), 398, 821. Alexander prize, 615, 741.
Algerian .A.C., 283.
Algiers, flying in, 784, 835. Amateur notes, 727.
American .Aero Club, 227.
Aeronautic Society, 422. Government and aeronautics, 68, 80, 348. dirigibles, 93, 348. Wright Bros., 398, 414, 429, 446, 464, 475, 749, 7S4.
Amerigo aeroplane, 784. Anemometer, 771.
Anjou meeting, 40, 65, 92, 185, 282, 301.
Antoinette “ 55
engine, 47.
monoplane, 4, 21, 33, 37, 64, 104, iiS, 133, 198, 236, 281, 714.
described, 662, 681, 762.
See a!s(> dihedral angle.
Antwerp meeting, 706.
Anzani engine, 48, 474, 691.
Ardennes Aero (lliib, 66.
Argentina, Hying in, 65, 76S.
Assheton j larbord Cup, 350. Aster engine, 625.
Australian >^5,000 prize, 465, 815.
Austria C.A.M., 392.
Austrian military dirigibles, 146, 232, 3S3, Soi. Authors’ Club, 764.
Automobile Engineer.*, Institute of, 132,
Auvergne .A. C., 136.
Avia monoplane, ^20.
Aviation Association of Ireland, 832.
Avor aerodrome, 65.

BALDWIN dirigible, 430.
Ballooning, 5, 209, 288, 302, 331, 337, 348, 368, 436, 480, 546, 733. 763. 7S9, 829.
altitude record, 512.
and customs duties, 250, 430. cross-Channel, 94, 331, 432, 450, 482, 5S1, 694, 770, 829.
distance race, 378, 431. firing at, 238, 320. liare and hounds race, 444. in 1908, 345.
photographs, 355, 362, 365, 376, 397, 448. point-to-point race, 241, 309, 315, 330. prizes, 238, 315, 378, 400, 411. Territorials, 315.
trans-Atlantic, 5.
Balloons,
Baratoux, M., 544, 633, 657. Barnes monoplane, 656.
Barnwell aeroplane, 463, 576. Bates biplane, 211.
Beck rotary engine, 724. Beedlc propeller, 469, 731. Belgian .A..C., 39, 68.
Aero Club, 68, So, 186, 732, 749. airships, 164, 399, 415, 479. Flight Show, 53.
Belgium, King of, prize, 183.
Bell, Dr. Graham, aeroplane, 118, 162, 1S5, 511, 731, 821.
Berliau.x-Salete.s aeroplane, 510. Berlin Aero Show, 64.
„ meeting, 544, 578, 599, 612, 620, 767. Bernard multiplane, 37. Bibliography, 57, 70, 83, 96.
B*irmingham Aero Club, 563, 590, 628, 832. Blackpool Aero Club, 507, 590, 707, 780.
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398,
4/6,
6o6,
809.
6’29?
meeting, 543, 559, 577, 581, 597, 645, 653. 659, 732. 737r ,, programme, 645.
,, report, 664, 6S4.
,, 25, 50, 64, 78, 91, ro6, 118, 162, 227, 320, 335, 346, 366, 381, 387, 397, 412, 473, 47S, 496, 578, 588, 599, 632, 676, 712, 785, 810, 834.
,, cross-Channel flight, 451, 457, 474, 81c ,, ,, country flight, 420.
,, two passengers flight, 366.
-Latham match, 543, 576.
monoplane (No. 9), details, 19, 63.
Blanc monoplane, 497. BlJriot, M.
(No. 10), details, 20.
(No. Il), „ . 20,64,144. ,, description, 453, 548.
,, for Paris Museum, 676.
(No. 12), 280, 328, 335.
British built, 598, 646. patents, 443. radiator, 90. school at Pau, 784, 820.
Bokor triplane, 3S0. Bolotofl' triplane, 510, 731.
Bombardment, aerial, 796. See a/so Military Aspects. Bordeau.x aerodrome, 346, 749, 798, 819.
„ meeting, 508, 633
,, -Pari.s race, 145.
Borgnis triplane, 79.
Boulogne-Folkestone prize, 476, 509.
„ meeting, ^77.
Bournemouth meeting, 766.
Bouyer aeroplane, 510.
Boyd, Dr., 404.
Bradford aerodrome, 819.
Bregi, M., 59S. Breguet biplane, 10, 21, 17S, 360.
Brescia meeting, 26, 198, 476, 561, 571, 595.
Breton engine, 725.
Bristol Aero Club, 670. Hritish Army aeroplanes, 51, 132.
and aeronautics, 374.
airship, 145, 248, 261, 27S, 298, 320, 484, 562.
balloon factory, 522, 711.
.Advisor^' Committee, 259, 464, 489. ,, ,, opinions on,
279, 30S. ,, n n report, 489.
nation, airships for, 231, 272, 372, 437, 468, 790. Navy airships, 163, 528, 7S5.
Government and flight, 144, 163, 464, 470.
Ikooklands for llyers, 543, 716, 733.
,, M. Paulhanai, 699, 705, 715, 825. Brouhot engine, 626.
Bruce, E. S., 97, 108.
Brussels-Ostend race, 561. Bucket engine, 743.
Bunan Varilla, 497. Burgoyne model flyers, 739.

CAIRO meeting, 784.
Calderara, Lieut., 267, 2S0, 413, 447, 497.
C.A.M. engine, 691.
Canada, flying in, 198. ,S'ee Bell, Dr. (irahani.
Canne.s aerodrome, 228, 749, 835.
Cantor lectures, 245.
Capper, Col., 431.
Carburettors, 814.
Carron Venetian blind model, 31S, 352.
Cavley, Sir Geo., 240, 270.
Chanute, O., 384.
Charpentier aeroplane, 144.
Chateau, M., 783, 819.
Church and flight, 42, 199, 203, 211.
Clacton airship station, 228.
Clarke fabric, 582.
,, models, 221.
Clarke propeller, 768.
Clement-Bayard airship, 4, 134, 164, 199, 373, 529, 562, 634, 732.
biplane, 596, 599, 739. engine, 46, 691, 793. monoplane, 21. 282.
Clement, M., Clothing for llj-ers, 415.
Clouth airship, 54.
Coastguard stations, 399.
Cochrane flapping-wipg gear, 359, 402.
petrol motor, 821. propeller, 424, 469, 510, 546, 762. -Stocks biplane, 766.
Cockburn, (J. B., 363, 366, 413, 464, 491, 496, 509.
Cody biplane, 25, 31, 38, 51, 62, in, 113, 117, 184, 248, 268, 298, 381, 430, 442, 484, 509, 526, 529, 543, 559. 575, 615, 747, 782-
cross-country flight, 543, 627, 656. lietails, 113, 501.
S. F., portrait, 567.
Colloml, flapping flight machine, 324.
Cologne meeting, 630.
Col. Renard airship, 449, 512. Commisetti-Guignet aeroplane, 237.
Commission Aerienne Mixte, 25, 66, 124. „ rules, 124.
(,'ompanies registered, 28, 57, no, 168, 202,
242, 270, 322, 354, 370, 402, 418, 466, 482,
616, 636, 678, 714, 736, 752, 772, 788, 808.
Competition rules, 124.
Construction of aeroplanes, 8, 277, 332, 528, 676, 727, 733,. See also Design. Continental " fabric, 42, 56, 69.
,, balloon, 321.
Control of aeroplanes, 9.
,, flying. .S'<r Unity. Cornu helicopter, 79. Correspondence, 826. Cost of airship trips, 765. Coventry Aero Society, 573, 590, 654, 780. (.’roix d’IIins aerodrome, 780.
Cross-Channel flying, 66, 80, 163, 325, 397, 412, 419, 427, 436, 452.
,, ballooning, 432, 450, 482, 581, 770, 829.
Curragh as aerodrome, 543. Curtiss (Herring) Co., 163, 248.
„ Glenn H., 367, 3S3, 413, 414, 430, 444, 448, 498, 5Tb 7S4, 800.
,, biplane described, 389, 541, 548.

DAGENHAM flying ground, 527.
Daily Chronicle, 694.
Daily Mail airship garage, 398, 429, 496, 512, 556.
,, ,, prizes, 26, 226, 364, 511, 597, 703.
,, ,, , ,, rules for, 364, 511.
Darracq engine, 624, 673.
Davidson flyer, 248.
Deauville 1010 meeting, 476.
De Caters, Baron, 38, 237, 447, 497, S’o, 7^7, 836.
De Dion aeroplane, 674.
,, engine, S27.
De P'orest, Baron, prize, 462, 542.
Defries, Colin, 815.
1 )e Korwin engine, 48.
Dellgrange, M., 38, 50, 78, 133, 234, 280, 300, 319, 346, 366, 382, 413, 561, 577, 600, 749, 819, 835..
,, machine. See Voisin.
De la Hault flapping wings, 178, 186.
„ gear, 359.
De la Roche, Madame, 695, 74S, 782.
De Lesseps, 819, 834.
Demanesi, M., 226, 236, 267, 320, 429.
1 lenmark flying in, 300.
I icrmisilk, 708.
De Rue. .S'lvCapt. Ferlier.
Deserts, flying across, 728.
Design of aeroplanes, S, 165, 190, 201, 230, 242, 254, 360, 483. See also Construction, 733.
Deutsche Foundation. See Aero 'lechnic Institute.
Diary of events, 572, 819.
Dihedral angle, 696, 736, 751, 772, 786, 822.
Dirigibles, list of, 526.
Doncaster meeting, 597, 629, 644, 653, 750.
,, ,, financing, 669, 698, 706.
,, ,, report, 667, 687.
Douai meeting, 212, 237, 281, 398,447.
Dre wet aeroplane, 198.
Dufaux biplane, 836.
Dufayel prize, 4.
Dundee .\ero Club, 694.
Dunkirk meeting, 476.
I )unne aeroplane, 268.
Dutheil-Chaliners aeroplane, 674.
„ „ engine, 48, 204.

EAGLES soaring, 785.
Edinburgh-Glasgow prize, 55S.
,, Museum, 543. Education, 231, 243, 291, 708, 745. I-Sypt, dying in. See Cairo meeting. EilTel 'Power, 323, 661.
Elastic motors. 33S, 354, 547, 787, 806, 822. See aise Motors for Models.
Electric motor-i, model, 512. Jdemenis of Hying, 73, 74, 86, 294, 357. Elliott micrometer, 7^8.
,, revolution i« dicator, 86, 469, 793. Encouragement of flyers, 27, 56, 82, 87, 270, 306, 338, 340. 3535 3695 616, 618, 824.
,, ,, in France, 388.
Engelhardt, Capt., 676, 712, 731, 821. Engines, 33, 193, 205, 283, 392, 401, 623, 635, 675, 677, 7095 724, 7^8, 734, 743, 793, 827.
for models. See Motors for Models, light, 25-h.p., 306.
paraffin, for aeroplanes, 416. jMjints on, by .A. J. McKinney, 351, 384. IC.N.V. engine, 48, 206, 675.
Esnault-P» Iterie, M., lecture, 60. Etrich aeroplane, 800, 829.
Evening A'titb', 22S.
airship, 232, 430, 696, 821. See a/so “ Col. Renard," “ Liberte,” and “ Republique.’’ competition, 229, 383. specification, 40.
Government iK: flight, 63, 261, 346, 388, 782, 790.
Aero Club, 801.
Army airships, 54, 211, 229, 232, 283, 320, 36S, 526, 712, 733. See also Gross, Parseval, and Zeppelin.

Gilly triplane, 413.
Givandan flyer, 282.
Glasgow Model .Aero Club, 694, 729, 746, S17.
Gliders, 370, S05.
Glide, how to, 607, 621, 647, 672, 693, 721. See also Soaring Flight.
Gliding experiments, 775, S05, 807.

HAMPSHIRE Aero Club, 817.
Handley Page, Lid., Hying ground, 50S. Hanriot monoplane, 52S, 740, S20.
Harbours, defence of, 150, 164.
Hare and hounds balloon race, 411, 415, 444. Harilepools Aero Club, 694, 729, 781, 817. Havre-1 rouville meeting, 634, 784.
Hedges P.uller cup, 37S, 431. Hedicopteres, 677, 740.
Hewiti glidtr, S05.
Holyhead to Dubl'n, 44.
Uonline s'e/tz'nie, 802.
Honeymoons, aerial, 40T. Howard-Windham monoplane, 530. Hudson-Fulton celebrations, 80, 349, 634.
Hull and E. Riding Aero Club, 729. Humphrys aeroplane, 105, 210, 234, 657, 731. Hutchinson fabrics, 350, 525.
Hydrogen, manufacture of, 66, 428, 450, 524.

IGNITION plug, 778.
Imperial College of .Science, 745, 817.
,, International FLxhibiiion, 254. India, flying in, 109. Industry, state of, 17, 154. Insurance, 533. Irish Ae'-o Club, 729. Issy,’ regulations at, iig. Italian C'.A.M., 211.
Italian Government airships, 93, 237, 529, 562, 600, 696, 713, 821.

I. ACtjUET.l .N orniihopiere, 2x0.
J. A.P. engine, 47.
Jarrott and I.elts, 163, 626.
Jenne biplane, 497.
Joints ano fastenings, 277. See Construction.
Jorch aeroplane, 50.
Juvenile Aerial League, 766.
Juvisy aerodrome, 4, 40, 281, 301, 319, 329, 346,
367, 382, 5785 626, 783.
„ meeting, 637, 655, 671, 688.

KAPFF2RER monoplane, 19.
Kimball aeroplane, 212, 380.
King Edward, H.M., 160, 184.
Kipling, Rudyard, 758.
Kite flying, 420, 431, 434, 596, 654.
,, ,, Association, 68, 108, 329, 403, 563, 628, 730.
,, ,, ,, competition, 408, 654.
Kites, 778.
,, cord for, 785, 807, SoS.
Kodak Co., 5.
Koechlin. .Vrv PischolT-Koechlin.

LAFFAN'S Plain, 48S.
Taking biplane, 695, 748.
Lambert, Count, 184, 186, 198, 210, 247, 300, 395, 7S3, 819.
,, ,, cross-Channel flying, 412, 428, 442.
,, ,, Eiffel Tower flight, 661.
Lamplough orthopter, 179, 361.
La. Nature prize, 347. Lancashire Aero Club, 614, 670.
Lanchester, F. W., 14, 245, 275, 292. Landings for flyers, 93, 163, 212, 748. I.ane hydrogen apparatus, 524.
Langley’s error, 357, 368, 40X.
Latham, H., 198, 226, 236, 300, 319, 339, 342, 347, 366, 381, 397, 544, 574, 7<^7, 7»o, 748, 766, 768, 7S2, 819, 834.
cross-Clxannel flying, 412, 419, 427, 439, 440, 462, 467, 477.
Latham-P.leriot mutch, 543, 576.
Law of the air, 94, 469, 544, 796.
Lebaudy airship, 212.
Lectures, 212, 225, 245, 275, 34S, 365, 544, 657, 71 r, 725J 797*
Lefebvre, M., 464, 477, 497, 522, 550, 560.
Legagneux, M., 105, 186, 247, 26S. 382, 498, 561. 599. Le4ion of Honour, 51, 429, 465, 470, 512, 589> 832. Leicester Aero Club, 542.
Lenning aeroplane, 227.
1 -epousse aeroplane, 37.
Levavasseur, -\L, 731.
Level competition, 26.
,, for aeroplane, 711.
“ Liberte," 54, 545.
Ligue Xatiouale, 39, 68, 430.
,, student pilots, 65, 162.
Lilienthal glider, 405.
Liverpool Aviation Society, 563, 573, 590, 628, 654, 707, 832.
to Manchester prize, 465.
Lortet prize, 5.
LOA' and high-powered flyers, 200.

M.XCEIE aeroplane, 766. Mails, flying, 749, 758.
-Malecot .'lir.ship, 199.
Manchester -\ero Club, 542, 563, 573, 590, 614, 628, 676, 6’91, 73O, 832.
Lone on to, 54.
Mansion House. .Ver -Aeroplane Club, 704.
Maps for flyers, 336.
Mars, communication with, 283.
., flying ground, 566. Alali/i prize, 544.
Maurice ignition plug, 778.
Maxim, Sir Hiram, f-xperiinents, 74, 365.
„ „ ,, flight engine, 405.
,, ,, ,, new aeroplane, 509.
-McClean, Erank, 782, 811, 830.
Mechanical flight, 97. 108.
Medura flapping-wing machine, 337.
Meetings, not exhibitions, 819.
Metallurgique engine, 196.
Mi Careme fetes, 1S4.
Michelin Cup. .Jiritish, 183, 1S7, 197, 246 ,, ,, French, 3, 24. 50.
,, (i9-9)> 52.
Micrometer. 758.
-Midland Aero Club. 573. 628, 654, 707, 730, 746, 762, Si7. Miesse motor, 196.
Mieusset helicopter. 79.
Milan aerodrome, 282.
Military aronautics, by Major Sipiier. 112, 121, 137, 149, 166, 189, 251, 269, 284, 303.
,, correspontlence, 322.
,, aspects of flying, 140, 796, 7^8, 813. Miller monoplane, 800.
Mills-Fullford aeroplane. 748.
-Model aeroplanes, 253. 331, 396, 582, 635, 714, 735, 751, 758. 769, 787-
challenge, 354, 369. 386. competitions, 253, 396, 810. competition in Erance. 383.
fittings, .u8. See also -Motors for -Models.
631, portrait, 701. Voisin biplane, 174.
Merecambe Aero Club, 614.
J/orn i1 'ost^ 17.
,, ,, airship, 374, 404, 4‘5, 437, 442» 466.
Mor>-' engine, 626.
Mortimer-Vane han flyer, 784.
Motors for models, 27, 44, 56, 71, 82, 95, 126, 137, 14S, 165, 286, 306, 338, 415, 312, 616, 65S, 713, 736, 750, 761, 771, S21. See also Elastic Motors.
Monzilly St. -Mars, Marquis, 3. Muirhead magneto, 11. -Munich, college at, 321.

X-'VXCY exhibition, 238, 576, 631. Natal, flying in, 785.
National Physical Laboratory, 2S7, 2S9.
N.E.C. engine, 195, 529, 676. Newcastle Aero Club, 590.
J 'ork n’o»'/(l Prize, 80, 90, 345. Nice meeting, 544, 800.
,, model meeting, 25, 107, 135.
NorthclitTe Cup, 28.
Northumberland Aero Club, 614,670, 70S, 746, 7S1. Norton Orifliths 'J'rophy, 226.
Notts -Aero Club, 694.

ORRK aeroplane, 51, 66.
Observers, 344, 832, Ogier aeroplane, 398.
Ogilvie, A., 363, 576, 731, 747, 758, 834.
Oilskins, 76S.
Olympia Exhiliition, 3, 130, 137, 153, 169, 183, 191. aeroplanes at, 174, 360. engines at, 193. impressions at, 181. leaders on, 59, 154, 170.
Olympia Exhibition, models at, 123, 197, 221, 233, 322, ,, correspondence, 242, 254, 286.
report, 154, 171. (1910), 774, 700, 782.
Organisation of meetings, 718.
Osiris prize, 367.
Ostend meeting, 476.
Onviere helicopter, 92.
Oxford Aero Club, 708, 746.

PANHARD engines, 625, 710.
Paris Aero Show (1908), engines at, 33, 46.
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Paris-Erusseh race, 800. Paris from an airship, 139. Paris municipal prizes, 92, Sot. Paris to London, 66. Parke’s gliding experiments, 593. Parkinson monoplane, 527, 747, 794. Parliament and aviation, 120, 132, 163, 1S7, 365, 380, 466, 470, 475, 711.
,, Aerial Defence Committee, 258, 374, 50S. Parseval airship, 120, 320, 337.
Parsons, Hon. C. .S., experiments, 88. Passenger flights. 37, 105, 106, 118, 226, 366, 412.
,, services. See Aerial transport. Patent abstracts, 480, 512, 507, 557, 580, 779. Pau flying ground, 145, 227, 282, 820. Paulhan, M. L., 367, 397, 413, 429, 446, 464, 490, 510, 560, 577, 598, 657, 699, 7f’5, 730, 76S, 782, S20, 825. 834.
Pennington, E. J., 54. l*enttado aeroplane, 652. “ I’eril Aerien,” 239. Phantom airship, 31S. Photographs from aeroplane, 282. Piau monoplane, 732.
Pilcher glider, 343, 405. Pipe engine, 206, 793. Pischoff-Koechlin biplane, 21, 176, 360, 756, 797. Pitch, 734.
“ Planet,” 579. Plazzeriaud triplane, 478. Poetry, 480, 5;?2. . ,
Polar exploration, 65. 82, 95, 187, 414, 726. See a/se Zeppelin.
Port-Pirie glider, 5S3, 597- Portsmouth Aero Club, 670. ,, school at. 417.
Praetieal AerodynaniieSy 417. Pride monoplane, 47S. Prini-Berlhaud engine^ Prizes,
corresponaence, 70, S3, 85, 95, no, 126, 14S, 165, 230, 270, 338, 352, 369, 385, 402, 417, 450, 466, 480, 530, 547, 563, 580, 657, 677, 7i3» 734> 77<5, 786, 806, 837, 838.
maihcinatics, 393, 555, 563-
model testb, 424, 469, 482, 514, 546, 557. notes on, 350.
testing, 769.

Regent Street Polytechnic, 208, 306, 481, Soo.
Reissner aeroplane, 248.
Renault engine, 46, 207, 709.
Renner dirigible, 677.
R.E.P. monoplane, 10, 68, 106, 120, 178, 190, 360. „ ., trials, 227, 247, 320.
,, motor, 47, 205, 675.

Savary biplane, 186. Scarborough Aero Club, 795. School in Paris, flying, 6S0, 742.

8 Schutie airship, 42, 368, 449. Scien^ijtc American trophy, 227 8 Scottish Aeronautical Society, 530, 572, 590, 708, 746, 78 b 795. .

,, aeroplane fabric, 5It.
Seat pendulum, 79.
Sheffield Aero Club, 546, 590, 600, 70S. 7^0, 746, 762, S17.
Shoreham flying ground, 670, 74S. Model Aero Club, 70S.
Short Pros., 162, 493.
,, ,, aeroplane, 174, 360, 631.
Shropshire Aero Club, 573, 70S.
Siemens-Schukert airship, 42, 3S3, 407.
Signals for aviators, 282.
,, ,, meetings, 640,
“Silver Dart 'aeroplane. 5‘tr Aerial Experiment Association and Curtiss.
Simms flight motor, 194. Singer, Mortimer, 510, 576, 798, 829.
,, n plate, 400, 707.
Sizaire-Mor-s airship, 337.
Soaring flight, 384, 395, 757.
Sommer, M., 237. 44^, 464. 475, 495, 510. 560. 576, 759, S35. .
Soule prize, 5.
Southport meeting, 560. Spain, flight in, 40, 300.
„ King of, 50, 62, 116. Spalding, aerodrome at, 560. Spa meeting, 613, 633. Spanish Government and flight. 4.
,, military dirigibles, 529, 696, 713, 732. Spectacle, flight as, 692.
Speeds of future flyers, 275. Spiral tube radiators, 777. Stability, automatic, 230, 406, 431, 434, 786, S37. Starting to fly, 584* Stella Club, 67.
Stolfa aeroplane, 79- Stone, Col. E. (*»., 150, 796- Stringfellow’s model, 370.
S.U. carburettors, S14. Sun, through, in an airshi/>, S31. Swale road bridge, 276, 433. Swan aeroplane, 782.
Sweden, flying in, 477, 49S.
S.\\’. England Aero Society, 563, 590, 62S, 654, 670, 694, 708, 730, 74^, 762.

TENUK de I’Air prize, 301, 747.
'I’erminology, 99, 1^13, 109, 125, 148, 19S, 210, 386, 418, .553’ 59-» ^35, 638,^77, 7^3» 735-
Texas, flying in, 163, 227. Theory and practice, 20S. Thezenas biplane, 51. Timber, 786, 807, 822.
Tinline model, 221.
Tissandier, M., 91, 1S4, t86, 226, 247, 320, 337, 464. 'Torpedo, aerial, 94, 146, 733.
'I’onpie, 734, 807. Tournat meeting, 476, 577. Trans-Atlantic dirigibles, 237. 'Travel Exhibition, 405.
'Triplane glide s, 67S. 'Triptytpies, 430. Turner projieller, 546.

UNION I’rancaise Aerienne, 4.
Unity of aerial societies, 45, 192, 25S, 563, 565, 595, 638, 679, 6SS, 738. *

VAK ATA kite, 778. Vandenberg flapping-wing machine, 51. Varnished fabric, 785.
X'aughan, II. Ci., gliding experiments, 775. Vaulx, Count ds la, 268.
Vendome aeroplane, 20, 755.
„ . M trial ,-50, 237, 562.
Verdun meeting, 476, 478.
Vermorel aeroplane, 37.
Vichy meeting, 80, 199, 301, 413, 448, 464. Ville de Bordeaux, 11.
,, Nancy, 399, 437, UQ- Vinot engine, 285. Vivinus engine, 206.
X’oisin and Wright machines compared, 14, 29.
11 . Volunteers, 397. Vuitton-Huber helicopter, 740.

WATERHOUSE model, 331.
Ways for flyers, 120, 748.
W'eathefy/oreeasting thc\ 802.
Weight of flyers, 787.
Weiss monoplane, 178, 360.
Welding, electric, 188.
Wellman airship, 153, 23S, 302, 528.
Wembley Park, flying at, 527. Westminster, Duke of, 702.
Wetzel airship, 801.
W'ildey propeller, 424.
Willows dirigible, 785, 836.
H force 0/ the, 802.
Wire gauze, 239, 270.
Wireless control of airship, 54, 81.
„ telegraphy, 5, 54.
Wire tightener, 418.
Witzig-Liore-Dutilleul aeroplane, 81, 248, 47S, 52S, 719. Wolseley motor, 196, 472, 793.
,, ,,, testing, 828.
W omen’s Aerial League, 263, 376, 433, 708.
Wright, Howard, biplane, 176.
j, ,, helicopter, 25.
,, „ monoplane, 576, 77S.
Wright (Bros.) .American Co., 767. American patents, 523. and Voisin machines compared, 14, 29, 56. biplane, 20, 182, 238, 481, 753, 787.
,, British makers, 162, 165.
,, French makers, 39, 144. British patents, 249, 406, 481. Brothers,
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elevator, engine, 25, 46, 161, 724. flyers in Germany, 300. glider described, 568, 5S5.
Orville, 25, 39, 244, 267.
„ Germany, 488, 527, 544, 559, 560, 576, 598, 631, 676.
.. ' 244, 267.
at Pau, 3, 40, 50, 67, 78, 91, 105, 117, 131, 161, 1S4, 186.
in Italy, 198, 210, 226, 236, 247. Michelin Cup, 3, 24, 50.

YARMOUTH aeroplane factory, 282.
Yorkshire Aero Club, 563, 573, 614, 628, 70S, 746, 762, 795.

ZAKO helicopter, 25.
Zatopp aeroplane, 37.
Zeppelin airship, 27, 54, 66, 145, 164, 186, 282, 324, 634, 696.
I, 146, 186, 199, 211, 229, 237, 399, 414, 449.'
II, 229, 321, 326, 341, 346, 37b, 383, 466, 479, 498.
III, 529, 545, 562, 579, 600, 696, 712. Count, 135, 283.
Fund, 5, 237. (ierinan Army and, 120, 301. Polar expedition, 414, 579. prize, 23S, 634.
Reichstag, 512, 562. system, merits of, 327.

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