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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... 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 how he had had to shift the air - inlet , as the snow was clogging it ; " form- ing a frost - glaze ...
... 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 how he had had to shift the air - inlet , as the snow was clogging it ; " form- ing a frost - glaze ...
Page 79
... thousand five hundred feet , and pressed the controls with his palms to bring it down . The engine started thudding violently , setting all the plane aquiver . Fabien corrected the gliding angle approximately , verifying on the map the ...
... thousand five hundred feet , and pressed the controls with his palms to bring it down . The engine started thudding violently , setting all the plane aquiver . Fabien corrected the gliding angle approximately , verifying on the map the ...
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... thousand more such flights to come . " And , after all , " thought Rivière , " we don't get a cyclone every night ! Once the trail is blazed , it must be followed up . " Coming down , flight by flight , from Para- guay , as from an ...
... thousand more such flights to come . " And , after all , " thought Rivière , " we don't get a cyclone every night ! Once the trail is blazed , it must be followed up . " Coming down , flight by flight , from Para- guay , as from an ...
Contents
ALREADY BENEATH HIM THROUGH | 17 |
RIVIÈRE GLANCED AT THE PILOT | 33 |
AN HOUR LATER THE WIRELESS | 53 |
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