Night FlightAfter a tragic crash in the Andes, an airport supervisor must decide whether to continue the "night flights" of the mail. |
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... Buenos Aires . Their arrival with the mails would give the signal for the departure , about midnight , of the Europe postal plane . Three pilots , each behind a cowling heavy as a river - barge , intent upon his flight , were hastening ...
... Buenos Aires . Their arrival with the mails would give the signal for the departure , about midnight , of the Europe postal plane . Three pilots , each behind a cowling heavy as a river - barge , intent upon his flight , were hastening ...
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. chapter six The Clerks Were Drowsing in the Buenos Aires Office- The clerks were drowsing in the Buenos Aires office when Rivière entered . He had kept his overcoat and hat on , like the inces- stant traveler he ...
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. chapter six The Clerks Were Drowsing in the Buenos Aires Office- The clerks were drowsing in the Buenos Aires office when Rivière entered . He had kept his overcoat and hat on , like the inces- stant traveler he ...
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... Buenos Aires . Can't even touch the key , the shocks are numbing my hands . " In his vexation Fabien wanted to reply , but the moment his hands left the controls to write , a vast groundswell seemed to surge up across his body ; the ...
... Buenos Aires . Can't even touch the key , the shocks are numbing my hands . " In his vexation Fabien wanted to reply , but the moment his hands left the controls to write , a vast groundswell seemed to surge up across his body ; the ...
Contents
ALREADY BENEATH HIM THROUGH | 17 |
RIVIÈRE GLANCED AT THE PILOT | 33 |
AN HOUR LATER THE WIRELESS | 53 |
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