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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... smile at the current meaning we give to " courage . " I trust that Saint - Ex- upéry will permit me to quote an old letter of his dating from the time when he was fly- ing on the Casablanca - Dakar air - route . " I don't know when I ...
... smile at the current meaning we give to " courage . " I trust that Saint - Ex- upéry will permit me to quote an old letter of his dating from the time when he was fly- ing on the Casablanca - Dakar air - route . " I don't know when I ...
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... smile , an almost humble smile , ignor- ing her own power . Rivière sat down again rather heavily . " Still she is helping me to discover the thing I'm looking for . " He fingered absent - mindedly the messages from the northern ...
... smile , an almost humble smile , ignor- ing her own power . Rivière sat down again rather heavily . " Still she is helping me to discover the thing I'm looking for . " He fingered absent - mindedly the messages from the northern ...
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. bien's voice , his laugh , his smile . Silence was gaining ground . Heavy and heavier silence drowned their voices , like a heavy sea . " One forty , " some one murmured . " They're out of fuel . They can't be ...
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. bien's voice , his laugh , his smile . Silence was gaining ground . Heavy and heavier silence drowned their voices , like a heavy sea . " One forty , " some one murmured . " They're out of fuel . They can't be ...
Contents
ALREADY BENEATH HIM THROUGH | 17 |
RIVIÈRE GLANCED AT THE PILOT | 33 |
AN HOUR LATER THE WIRELESS | 53 |
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