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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... tell us how a man may be lifted far above himself by his sheer force of will . More striking even than the aviator him- self is , in my opinion , Rivière , his chief . The latter does not act , himself ; he impels to ac- tion , breathes ...
... tell us how a man may be lifted far above himself by his sheer force of will . More striking even than the aviator him- self is , in my opinion , Rivière , his chief . The latter does not act , himself ; he impels to ac- tion , breathes ...
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... tell them about the trip . " If only you knew . . . ! ” Evidently , to his thinking , that summed it up , for now he walked off to change his flying gear . As the car was taking him to Buenos Aires in the company of a morose inspector ...
... tell them about the trip . " If only you knew . . . ! ” Evidently , to his thinking , that summed it up , for now he walked off to change his flying gear . As the car was taking him to Buenos Aires in the company of a morose inspector ...
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... tell me to go round and round , he thought , I'll turn in circles and if they say I must head due south . . . . For somewhere , even now , there still were lands of calm , at peace beneath the wide moon - shadows . His comrades down ...
... tell me to go round and round , he thought , I'll turn in circles and if they say I must head due south . . . . For somewhere , even now , there still were lands of calm , at peace beneath the wide moon - shadows . His comrades down ...
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ALREADY BENEATH HIM THROUGH | 17 |
RIVIÈRE GLANCED AT THE PILOT | 33 |
AN HOUR LATER THE WIRELESS | 53 |
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