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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... finger , his flying - lights flashed back a greeting to them . The earth grew spangled with light - signals as each ... fingers along a steel rib and felt the stream of life that flowed in it ; the metal did not vibrate , yet it was ...
... finger , his flying - lights flashed back a greeting to them . The earth grew spangled with light - signals as each ... fingers along a steel rib and felt the stream of life that flowed in it ; the metal did not vibrate , yet it was ...
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... fingers through his grizzled hair . The pluckiest of my men , he thought . It was a fine thing he did that night , but I've stopped him from being afraid . He felt a mood of weakness coming over him again . To make oneself beloved one ...
... fingers through his grizzled hair . The pluckiest of my men , he thought . It was a fine thing he did that night , but I've stopped him from being afraid . He felt a mood of weakness coming over him again . To make oneself beloved one ...
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... fingers like a trivial mote of dust . He held the beating heart of each - his own , his comrade's - in his hands . And suddenly his hands appalled him . In these squalls that battered on the plane , to counteract the jerks of the wheel ...
... fingers like a trivial mote of dust . He held the beating heart of each - his own , his comrade's - in his hands . And suddenly his hands appalled him . In these squalls that battered on the plane , to counteract the jerks of the wheel ...
Contents
ALREADY BENEATH HIM THROUGH | 17 |
RIVIÈRE GLANCED AT THE PILOT | 33 |
AN HOUR LATER THE WIRELESS | 53 |
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