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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... snow - bound stillness brooded on the ranges ; the winter snow had brought its peace to all this vastness , as in dead castles the passing centuries spread peace . Two hundred miles without a man , a breath of life , a movement ; only ...
... snow - bound stillness brooded on the ranges ; the winter snow had brought its peace to all this vastness , as in dead castles the passing centuries spread peace . Two hundred miles without a man , a breath of life , a movement ; only ...
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... snow . Looking back to see if retreat might still be feasible , he shuddered ; all the Cordil- lera behind him was in seething ferment . " I'm lost ! " On a peak ahead of him the snow swirled up into the air — a snow volcano . Upon his ...
... snow . Looking back to see if retreat might still be feasible , he shuddered ; all the Cordil- lera behind him was in seething ferment . " I'm lost ! " On a peak ahead of him the snow swirled up into the air — a snow volcano . Upon his ...
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... snow . He owed his escape to the violent air - currents which had driven him up to twenty - five thousand feet . “ I guess they held me all the way just above the level of the peaks . " He mentioned his trouble with the gyroscope and ...
... snow . He owed his escape to the violent air - currents which had driven him up to twenty - five thousand feet . “ I guess they held me all the way just above the level of the peaks . " He mentioned his trouble with the gyroscope and ...
Contents
ALREADY BENEATH HIM THROUGH | 17 |
RIVIÈRE GLANCED AT THE PILOT | 33 |
AN HOUR LATER THE WIRELESS | 53 |
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