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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... paper ? He imagined the old man's homecoming to his family , his modest pride . " So they're keeping you on ? " " What do you think ? It was I who assem- bled the first plane in Argentina ! " The old fellow would get back his prestige ...
... paper ? He imagined the old man's homecoming to his family , his modest pride . " So they're keeping you on ? " " What do you think ? It was I who assem- bled the first plane in Argentina ! " The old fellow would get back his prestige ...
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. chapter fifteen That Scrap of Folded Paper Might Perhaps Save Him Yet- That scrap of folded paper might perhaps save him yet ; gritting his teeth , Fabien un- folded it . " Impossible communicate Buenos Aires ...
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. chapter fifteen That Scrap of Folded Paper Might Perhaps Save Him Yet- That scrap of folded paper might perhaps save him yet ; gritting his teeth , Fabien un- folded it . " Impossible communicate Buenos Aires ...
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... at the radio station phantom hands were tracing a word or two on this white paper . Had the fuel run out already or was the pilot , before catastrophe , playing his last card : 116 COMMODORO RIVADAVIA COULD HEAR NOTHING NOW-
... at the radio station phantom hands were tracing a word or two on this white paper . Had the fuel run out already or was the pilot , before catastrophe , playing his last card : 116 COMMODORO RIVADAVIA COULD HEAR NOTHING NOW-
Contents
ALREADY BENEATH HIM THROUGH | 17 |
RIVIÈRE GLANCED AT THE PILOT | 33 |
AN HOUR LATER THE WIRELESS | 53 |
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