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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... night , but the odds were in its favor . Rivière pushed the book aside . " That will do . " Then , a night - warden whose charge was half the world , he went out to inspect the men on night duty , and came back . Later , standing at an ...
... night , but the odds were in its favor . Rivière pushed the book aside . " That will do . " Then , a night - warden whose charge was half the world , he went out to inspect the men on night duty , and came back . Later , standing at an ...
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... night duty , is in the office . " Send for Monsieur Robineau . ” Robineau had all but made a friend of his guest , the pilot . Under his eyes he had un- packed his suitcase and revealed those trivial objects which link inspectors with ...
... night duty , is in the office . " Send for Monsieur Robineau . ” Robineau had all but made a friend of his guest , the pilot . Under his eyes he had un- packed his suitcase and revealed those trivial objects which link inspectors with ...
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... night duty . Somewhere here a man was working that life and energy should persevere and thus the work goes on from post to post that , from Toulouse to Buenos Aires , the chain of flights should stay unbroken . " That fellow , " thought ...
... night duty . Somewhere here a man was working that life and energy should persevere and thus the work goes on from post to post that , from Toulouse to Buenos Aires , the chain of flights should stay unbroken . " That fellow , " thought ...
Contents
ALREADY BENEATH HIM THROUGH | 17 |
RIVIÈRE GLANCED AT THE PILOT | 33 |
AN HOUR LATER THE WIRELESS | 53 |
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