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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... grew luminous with long - enduring light . For in these lands the ground gives off this golden glow persist- ently , just as , even when winter goes , the whiteness of the snow persists . Fabien , the pilot bringing the Patagonia air ...
... grew luminous with long - enduring light . For in these lands the ground gives off this golden glow persist- ently , just as , even when winter goes , the whiteness of the snow persists . Fabien , the pilot bringing the Patagonia air ...
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... grew sharp ; peaks and ridges seemed keen - edged prows cutting athwart a heavy head wind . Veering around him , they deployed like dreadnoughts taking their posi- tions in a battle - line . Dusk began to mingle with the air , rising ...
... grew sharp ; peaks and ridges seemed keen - edged prows cutting athwart a heavy head wind . Veering around him , they deployed like dreadnoughts taking their posi- tions in a battle - line . Dusk began to mingle with the air , rising ...
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. chapter sixteen He Climbed and It Grew Easier To Correct The Plunges- He climbed and it grew easier to correct the plunges for the stars gave him his bearings . Their pale magnet drew him up ; after that long ...
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. chapter sixteen He Climbed and It Grew Easier To Correct The Plunges- He climbed and it grew easier to correct the plunges for the stars gave him his bearings . Their pale magnet drew him up ; after that long ...
Contents
ALREADY BENEATH HIM THROUGH | 17 |
RIVIÈRE GLANCED AT THE PILOT | 33 |
AN HOUR LATER THE WIRELESS | 53 |
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