Project Gutenberg 2011-01-02 Public domain in the USA. 663 Jane, Fred T. (Frederick Thomas) 1865 1916 Jane, Frederick Thomas Jane's All the World's Aircraft. 1913 Produced by Suzanne Shell, Jason Isbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1913" by Fred T. Jane is a detailed annual publication focused on the aviation industry, written in the early 20th century. This comprehensive work serves as an authoritative reference on various aircraft and aerial innovations of that time, including detailed entries on military and private aviation, as well as dirigibles around the world. The book encapsulates a significant era in aviation history, reflecting the rapid advancements made just before World War I. The opening of the publication introduces the editor's insights into the evolution of aviation from a nascent field to a pivotal aspect of military strategy. It discusses the initial perceptions of aircraft primarily as sporting vehicles and contrasts this with the prevailing view of aviation's military utility, emphasizing the necessity for trained aviators and domestic production capabilities. Notably, the text hints at the ongoing development of aerial units that combine both dirigibles and fixed-wing aircraft for more complex strategic operations, setting the stage for a deeper exploration of the capabilities and specifications of various aircraft in later sections. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Aeronautics -- Periodicals Airships -- Periodicals TL Text Browsing: Computers & Technology Browsing: Engineering & Construction Browsing: Science - General 907879 907883 2024-09-14T13:47:32.358425 2023-09-15T08:31:48.254013 text/html text/html 911542 2021-01-07T09:37:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 61199593 2021-01-07T09:37:49 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 58509441 2024-09-14T13:48:37.304535 application/epub+zip 58507921 2024-09-14T13:47:53.113773 application/epub+zip 345823 2024-09-14T13:47:41.486836 application/epub+zip 58909041 2024-09-14T13:48:55.305471 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 58735462 2024-09-14T13:48:18.880665 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 675649 2022-09-16T05:16:03.072634 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 743621 743521 2024-09-14T13:47:23.642440 2023-09-15T08:31:40.680940 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 742484 2021-01-07T09:37:47 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 224386 2021-01-07T09:37:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 743941 2021-01-07T09:37:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 223825 2021-01-07T09:37:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20550 2024-09-14T13:48:55.726459 application/rdf+xml 15313 2024-09-14T13:47:42.194827 image/jpeg 3633 2024-09-14T13:47:41.885834 image/jpeg 59989429 2024-09-14T13:47:33.561394 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia