INDEX.
Pontoon Ship, or ocean-going floating base, §§ 81, 82, 83, 84; conditions to be fulfilled by, § 82; specification of, § 83; advantages as an aeroplane base, § 84.
Primary Function, definition of, § 2; of the aeronautical Arm, §2.
Radius of Action, dirigible and aeroplane compared, §§4, 69; as affecting danger from hostile raider, § 125, also App. II.
R
Raids, by air as affecting the security of the Navy, § 128; value of numerical strength, § 117; the criterion of success, § 121.
Range, see Radius of Action.
Range Finding, aircraft of known size, § 10; naval, § 115.
Rapidity of Fire, importance of, see Gun-fire.
Reconnaissance, by aircraft, § 1; tactical and strategic, § 8; by aircraft and cavalry, § 9; Naval, §§ 69, 11.
Resistance, laws of, aeroplane and dirigible, § 3.
Retreat, compelled by strategic employment of aircraft, § 119.
Rocket, considered as aeroplane weapon, 64, 67.
Rodney, early naval tactics, § 39.
Royal Aircraft Factory, work of the, § 109.
Royal Flying Corps, ascendency of the, § 108.
S
Saints, battle of, tactics at, § 39.
Scientific Investigation, importance of in aircraft development, § 109.
Sea-plane, see Aeroplane.
Secondary Function, definition, § 2; of the aeronautical Arm, §2.
Shell, light weight, advocated by author, § 63.
Shield and Armour, comparison, § 57.
Signalling, from aircraft, §§ 10, 95.
Size, influence on resistance, § 3.
Speed, limitations, aeroplane and dirigible, § 3; as dependent upon weight per horse power, § 3.
Stability, importance of inherent stability, § 65.
Storage, aeroplane and dirigible compared, §4.
Strategic and Tactical Uses of the Aeronautical Arm, § 8.
Strategic Scout, its duties, § 9.
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