Aerostiers et Aviateurs
Publisher: Societe Francaise d'Imprimerie et de Librairie
Published: 1914
Place of publication: Paris
Language: fre
Format: Hardback
Number of pages: 384
Description: A rare and quite valuable work published on the eve of the First World War and describing the exploits of military ballooning (including the use of airships) in the French army up to that time, and bringing the reader up-to-date with French heavier-than-air machines as well.
Well illustrated with engravings and line drawings by Gil Baer.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Premiere Partie -          Les Aerostiers de Coutelle (5 chapters); title: Deuxieme Partie -        Pendant le siege de Paris ((2 chapters); title: Troisieme Partie -        Les Precurseurs de la Navigation aerienne (2 chapters); title: Quatrieme Partie -       L'Ecole de Chalais et les Aerostiers modernes (6 chapters); title: Cinquieme Partie -       Dirigiables et aeroplanes (5 chapters)