Flying Machines: Construction and Operation: A Practical Guide Showing, in Illustrations, Working Drawings, and Text, How to Build and Fly the Modern Airship, is written by William J. Jackman, Octave Chanute, and Thomas Herbert Russell. This book describes in detail the process of creating and operating balloons, in particular, airships. The authors provide readers with working plans, illustrations and explanations of how to build a flying machine step by step and learn the basics of piloting it. This book will be a valuable source of information for anyone interested in aviation, technology, and the history of aircraft development.