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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... lost airmen , Rivière felt his heart sink . All man's activity , even the building of a bridge , involves a toll of suf- fering and he could no longer evade the is- sue- " Under what authority ? " These men , he mused , who perhaps are lost ...
... lost airmen , Rivière felt his heart sink . All man's activity , even the building of a bridge , involves a toll of suf- fering and he could no longer evade the is- sue- " Under what authority ? " These men , he mused , who perhaps are lost ...
Page 107
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. chapter eighteen Rivière Was Musing , All Hope Lost- Rivière was musing , all hope lost ; some- where this plane would founder in the dark- ness . A picture rose in his mind of a scene which had impressed him in ...
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. chapter eighteen Rivière Was Musing , All Hope Lost- Rivière was musing , all hope lost ; some- where this plane would founder in the dark- ness . A picture rose in his mind of a scene which had impressed him in ...
Page 125
... lost . How's the weather ? Fine ? " " Very fine . Is Fabien lost then ? " They spoke few words of him , for that deep fraternity of theirs dispensed with phrases . The transit mail - bags from Asuncion were loaded into the Europe mail ...
... lost . How's the weather ? Fine ? " " Very fine . Is Fabien lost then ? " They spoke few words of him , for that deep fraternity of theirs dispensed with phrases . The transit mail - bags from Asuncion were loaded into the Europe mail ...
Contents
ALREADY BENEATH HIM THROUGH | 17 |
RIVIÈRE GLANCED AT THE PILOT | 33 |
AN HOUR LATER THE WIRELESS | 53 |
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