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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... flights over Europe and Africa , he led an active , often hazardous , life which culminated in his appointment as captain in the French Air Corps Reserve in World War II . After the fall of France , Saint ... Night Flight WITH A FOREWORD.
... flights over Europe and Africa , he led an active , often hazardous , life which culminated in his appointment as captain in the French Air Corps Reserve in World War II . After the fall of France , Saint ... Night Flight WITH A FOREWORD.
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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 ...
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... flights , in the wrong . His opponents would make such moral capital out of a disaster in Patagonia that all Rivière's faith would henceforth be unavailing . Not that his faith wavered ; if , through a fissure in his work ... NIGHT FLIGHT 85.
... flights , in the wrong . His opponents would make such moral capital out of a disaster in Patagonia that all Rivière's faith would henceforth be unavailing . Not that his faith wavered ; if , through a fissure in his work ... NIGHT FLIGHT 85.
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ALREADY BENEATH HIM THROUGH | 17 |
RIVIÈRE GLANCED AT THE PILOT | 33 |
AN HOUR LATER THE WIRELESS | 53 |
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