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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... seconds . He had never dreamt the night - clouds could dazzle thus . But the full moon and all the constellations were chang- ing them to waves of light . In a flash , the very instant he had risen 102 HE CLIMBED AND IT GREW EASIER ...
... seconds . He had never dreamt the night - clouds could dazzle thus . But the full moon and all the constellations were chang- ing them to waves of light . In a flash , the very instant he had risen 102 HE CLIMBED AND IT GREW EASIER ...
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... seconds later , six hundred miles away , Bahia Blanca picked up a second message . " Coming down . Entering the clouds . . . . " Then two words of a blurred message were caught at Trelew . 66 .. see nothing . . 99 Short waves are like ...
... seconds later , six hundred miles away , Bahia Blanca picked up a second message . " Coming down . Entering the clouds . . . . " Then two words of a blurred message were caught at Trelew . 66 .. see nothing . . 99 Short waves are like ...
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... seconds flowed away , like ebbing blood . Were they still in flight ? Each second killed a hope . The stream of time was wear- ing life away . As for twenty centuries it beats against a temple , seeping through the granite , and spreads ...
... seconds flowed away , like ebbing blood . Were they still in flight ? Each second killed a hope . The stream of time was wear- ing life away . As for twenty centuries it beats against a temple , seeping through the granite , and spreads ...
Contents
ALREADY BENEATH HIM THROUGH | 17 |
RIVIÈRE GLANCED AT THE PILOT | 33 |
AN HOUR LATER THE WIRELESS | 53 |
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