An Explorer in the Air Service

This book is a record of observations made during those two years, and is concerned chiefly with avi­ation training. It is hoped that it will be of interest to those who were in the Air Service and their friends, besides being of some assistance to future students of military aeronautics. To many of the pilots it may explain the reasons for some of the sufferings which they endured. It may serve also as a warning of the evil of unpreparedness. Nearly all of the errors, mistakes, and delays to which it refers might have been avoided, had the American people insisted on having their representatives in Congress make suit­able preparation for an adequate army and a well­equipped Air Service in the event of our beingthrown into the World War. -Excerpt from Preface