Air Power: Naval, Military, Commercial
Air Power: Naval, Military, Commercial
Grahame-White, Claude | 1917 | PDF | 311 pages | 27 Mb
Grahame-White, Claude | 1917 | PDF | 311 pages | 27 Mb
In viewing the lessons of this war, as they are likely to throw light on the future of the aeroplane, either as a vehicle for transport or as a weapon, it must be understood that this campaign by air, in the sequence of its phases, offers little or no guide to the trend of an air war of the future. The next great war, should it come, will begin by air where this leaves off; and all its subsequent stages, so far as any one air service is concerned, must be governed by the success or failure of that service in its first offensive by air—an offensive which, following instantly on a commencement of hostilities, will need to be delivered with a maximum possible force and speed.