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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... Chile , and Paraguay , were converging from south , west , and north on 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 ...
... Chile , and Paraguay , were converging from south , west , and north on 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 ...
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... brushing aside the swarm of somber thoughts his weariness had brought , he walked toward the hangar ; for the Chile plane was droning down toward it . chapter three The Sound of the Distant Engine Swelled and NIGHT FLIGHT 27.
... brushing aside the swarm of somber thoughts his weariness had brought , he walked toward the hangar ; for the Chile plane was droning down toward it . chapter three The Sound of the Distant Engine Swelled and NIGHT FLIGHT 27.
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... Chile episode ex- cepted , told of one of those favored days when things go right of themselves and each suc- cessive message from the airports is another bulletin of victory . The Patagonia mail , too , 44 THE CLERKS WERE DROWSING IN ...
... Chile episode ex- cepted , told of one of those favored days when things go right of themselves and each suc- cessive message from the airports is another bulletin of victory . The Patagonia mail , too , 44 THE CLERKS WERE DROWSING IN ...
Contents
ALREADY BENEATH HIM THROUGH | 17 |
RIVIÈRE GLANCED AT THE PILOT | 33 |
AN HOUR LATER THE WIRELESS | 53 |
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