Jane's All the World's Aircraft. 1913 by Fred T. Jane

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The Project Gutenberg eBook of Jane's All the World's Aircraft. 1913 This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook. Title: Jane's All the World's Aircraft. 1913 Editor: Fred T. Jane Release date: January 2, 2011 [eBook #34815] Most recently updated: January 7, 2021 Language: English Other information and formats: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34815 Credits: Produced by Suzanne Shell, Jason Isbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 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 [Transcriber's Notes: An underscore (_) is used to denote _italic_ text. A tilde (~) is used to denote ~bold~ text. A equals (=) is used to denote =underlined= text. Several illustrations are either blank or have only text in them. Those were rendered as fully as possible in plain text. Other illustrations are noted with an [Illustration] tag and the caption, if there is one. The advertisements which were originally at the front of the book have been moved to the back. ] JANE'S ALL THE WORLD'S AIRCRAFT 1913 A Reprint of the 1913 Edition of All The World's Air-craft Edited by FRED T. JANE ARCO PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. New York First published by Sampson Low Marston in 1913 This edition published 1969 by ARCO PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. 219 Park Avenue South, New York, N. Y. 10003 Library of Congress Catalog Number 69-14964 ARCO Book Number 668-01880-1 Printed in Great Britain _Published Annually._ All the World's AIR=CRAFT. (ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS "ALL THE WORLD'S AIRSHIPS.") (WAR FLYING ANNUAL.) FOUNDED AND EDITED BY FRED T. JANE, Founder and Editor of "FIGHTING SHIPS" (Naval Annual), Etc. PART A.--AEROPLANES AND DIRIGIBLES OF THE WORLD. PART B.--HISTORICAL AEROPLANES OF THE LAST SIX YEARS. PART C.--THE WORLD'S AERIAL ENGINES.