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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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. chapter four Rivière Glanced at the Pilot . Rivière glanced at the pilot . In twenty min- utes Pellerin would step from the car , mingle with the crowd , and know the burden of his lassitude . Perhaps he would ...
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. chapter four Rivière Glanced at the Pilot . Rivière glanced at the pilot . In twenty min- utes Pellerin would step from the car , mingle with the crowd , and know the burden of his lassitude . Perhaps he would ...
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... pilot to ask his plans ; he tight- ened his grip on the steel ribs and , bending forward , fixed his eyes upon the pilot's sha- dowed back . In that obscurity the pilot's head and shoul- ders were all that showed themselves . His torso ...
... pilot to ask his plans ; he tight- ened his grip on the steel ribs and , bending forward , fixed his eyes upon the pilot's sha- dowed back . In that obscurity the pilot's head and shoul- ders were all that showed themselves . His torso ...
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... pilot held within his hands his freight of lives , eyes wide open , full of moonlight , like a shepherd . Already ... pilot who had just made land greeted the pilot of the Europe mail , who was lolling , his hands in his pockets ...
... pilot held within his hands his freight of lives , eyes wide open , full of moonlight , like a shepherd . Already ... pilot who had just made land greeted the pilot of the Europe mail , who was lolling , his hands in his pockets ...
Contents
ALREADY BENEATH HIM THROUGH | 17 |
RIVIÈRE GLANCED AT THE PILOT | 33 |
AN HOUR LATER THE WIRELESS | 53 |
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