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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... finger , his flying - lights flashed back a greeting to them . The earth ... passed his fingers along a steel rib and felt the stream of life that flowed in it ... the best position whence to gage the faintest lurch of his NIGHT FLIGHT 21.
... finger , his flying - lights flashed back a greeting to them . The earth ... passed his fingers along a steel rib and felt the stream of life that flowed in it ... the best position whence to gage the faintest lurch of his NIGHT FLIGHT 21.
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... a solace in work and work alone , surely he was grow- ing old . He caught himself ... his de- clining years , " when I have time for it , " every- thing that ... passed his finger over the trace of seizing , then glanced again at Leroux ...
... a solace in work and work alone , surely he was grow- ing old . He caught himself ... his de- clining years , " when I have time for it , " every- thing that ... passed his finger over the trace of seizing , then glanced again at Leroux ...
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... his own stupidity . He dreaded his room at the hotel . From Toulouse to ... passed his finger over the rust with a mournful air , eyed by an airport ... his pedestal too soon , he added : " The responsibility , you know . " His ...
... his own stupidity . He dreaded his room at the hotel . From Toulouse to ... passed his finger over the rust with a mournful air , eyed by an airport ... his pedestal too soon , he added : " The responsibility , you know . " His ...
Contents
ALREADY BENEATH HIM THROUGH | 17 |
RIVIÈRE GLANCED AT THE PILOT | 33 |
AN HOUR LATER THE WIRELESS | 53 |
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