''L'Aviation Militaire'' (lit. "Military Aviation") was a book written by the French inventor

Clément Ader Clément Ader (2 April 1841 – 3 May 1925) was a French inventor and engineer who was born near Toulouse in Muret, Haute-Garonne, and died in Toulouse. He is remembered primarily for his pioneering work in aviation. In 1870 he was also one of t ...

and published in 1909 by the

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publisher Berger-Levrault. The book was essentially based on ideas developed by Ader at the end of the 19th century, which were arranged in final form in 1907. It was hugely popular, and went through 10 editions in the five years between its publication and the

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. ''L'Aviation Militaire'' is especially famous for its precise description of the concept of the modern

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with a flat flight deck, an island superstructure, deck elevators and a hangar bay. On the structure of the aircraft carrier: On stowage: On the technique of landing: The book received much attention, and the US

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in Paris sent a report on his observations, before actual experiments took place in the

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a year later ''L'Aviation Militaire'' was translated into English in 2003 by Lee Kennett for the Air University Press, under the title ''Military Aviation''.

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