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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... heavy on the earth . But these regis- ters contained a finer stuff than gold - a stock of living energy , living but , like the hoarded gold of banks , asleep . Somewhere he would find the solitary clerk on night duty . Somewhere here a ...
... heavy on the earth . But these regis- ters contained a finer stuff than gold - a stock of living energy , living but , like the hoarded gold of banks , asleep . Somewhere he would find the solitary clerk on night duty . Somewhere here a ...
Page 74
... heavy squalls . When one can't see a damned thing , squalls , you know . . . . In- stead of climbing I lost three hundred feet or more . I couldn't even see the gyroscope or the manometers . It struck me that the engine was running ...
... heavy squalls . When one can't see a damned thing , squalls , you know . . . . In- stead of climbing I lost three hundred feet or more . I couldn't even see the gyroscope or the manometers . It struck me that the engine was running ...
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... Heavy and heavier silence drowned their voices , like a heavy sea . " One forty , " some one murmured . " They're out of fuel . They can't be flying any more . " Then silence . A dry and bitter taste rose on their lips , like the dry ...
... Heavy and heavier silence drowned their voices , like a heavy sea . " One forty , " some one murmured . " They're out of fuel . They can't be flying any more . " Then silence . A dry and bitter taste rose on their lips , like the dry ...
Contents
ALREADY BENEATH HIM THROUGH | 17 |
RIVIÈRE GLANCED AT THE PILOT | 33 |
AN HOUR LATER THE WIRELESS | 53 |
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