L'Aviation Militaire

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.

"On stowage: "Of necessity, the airplanes will be stowed below decks; they would be solidly fixed anchored to their bases, each in its place, so they would not be affected with the pitching and rolling.

Access to this lower decks would be by an elevator sufficiently long and wide to hold an airplane with its wings folded.

A large, sliding trap would cover the hole in the deck, and it would have waterproof joints, so that neither rain nor seawater, from heavy seas could penetrate below.

"On the technique of landing: "The ship will be headed straight into the wind, the stern clear, but a padded bulwark set up forward in case the airplane should run past the stop line"The book received much attention, and the US naval attaché in Paris sent a report on his observations, before actual experiments took place in the United States a year later[1] L'Aviation Militaire was translated into English in 2003 by Lee Kennett for the Air University Press, under the title Military Aviation.