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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... sky was calm as an aquarium and all the stations ahead were signaling , Clear sky : no wind . " No , we'll go on . " But the wireless operator was thinking : these storms had 18 NIGHT FLIGHT.
... sky was calm as an aquarium and all the stations ahead were signaling , Clear sky : no wind . " No , we'll go on . " But the wireless operator was thinking : these storms had 18 NIGHT FLIGHT.
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... clear sky , and clement breeze . The mantle of a golden evening had fallen on South America . And Rivière welcomed this friendliness of things . True , one of the planes was battling somewhere with the perils of the night , but the odds ...
... clear sky , and clement breeze . The mantle of a golden evening had fallen on South America . And Rivière welcomed this friendliness of things . True , one of the planes was battling somewhere with the perils of the night , but the odds ...
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... Clear sky ; full moon ; no wind . " The mountains of Brazil were standing stark and clear against the moonlit sky , the tangled tresses of their jet- black forests falling sheer into a silver tracery of sea . Upon those forests the ...
... Clear sky ; full moon ; no wind . " The mountains of Brazil were standing stark and clear against the moonlit sky , the tangled tresses of their jet- black forests falling sheer into a silver tracery of sea . Upon those forests the ...
Contents
ALREADY BENEATH HIM THROUGH | 17 |
RIVIÈRE GLANCED AT THE PILOT | 33 |
AN HOUR LATER THE WIRELESS | 53 |
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