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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... turned to the inspector . " That's a Pacific cyclone ; it's too late to take any action now . Anyhow these cyclones never cross the Andes . " No one could have foreseen that this par- ticular cyclone would continue its advance toward ...
... turned to the inspector . " That's a Pacific cyclone ; it's too late to take any action now . Anyhow these cyclones never cross the Andes . " No one could have foreseen that this par- ticular cyclone would continue its advance toward ...
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... , as from an ocean . And the things they said about it afterward were - terrible ! " I turned the light on to my hands so as to see them . " Velvet of hands bathed in a dim red dark - room glow ; last fragment , that must 58 NIGHT FLIGHT.
... , as from an ocean . And the things they said about it afterward were - terrible ! " I turned the light on to my hands so as to see them . " Velvet of hands bathed in a dim red dark - room glow ; last fragment , that must 58 NIGHT FLIGHT.
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... turned back though the weather reports were good . You could have pushed through all right . Get the wind up ... turning on my flying - light so as to spot a wing anyhow , but I saw nothing . It was like being at the bottom of a huge pit ...
... turned back though the weather reports were good . You could have pushed through all right . Get the wind up ... turning on my flying - light so as to spot a wing anyhow , but I saw nothing . It was like being at the bottom of a huge pit ...
Contents
ALREADY BENEATH HIM THROUGH | 17 |
RIVIÈRE GLANCED AT THE PILOT | 33 |
AN HOUR LATER THE WIRELESS | 53 |
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