Night FlightAn adventure story about the men who risked their lives flying the first commercial air mail routes in the early 1930's. |
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"Stow your damned questions! Get Bahia Blanca!" "Bahia Blanca reports: Violent
westerly gale over Bahia Blanca expected in less than twenty minutes." "Ask
Trelew." "Trelew reports: Westerly gale; a hundred feet per second; rain squalls.
"Stow your damned questions! Get Bahia Blanca!" "Bahia Blanca reports: Violent
westerly gale over Bahia Blanca expected in less than twenty minutes." "Ask
Trelew." "Trelew reports: Westerly gale; a hundred feet per second; rain squalls.
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Appearances decide our gains or losses and the points are trumpery. And a mere
semblance of defeat may hopelessly checkmate us. He summoned an employee.
"Still no radio from Bahia Blanca?" "No." "Ring up the station on the phone.
Appearances decide our gains or losses and the points are trumpery. And a mere
semblance of defeat may hopelessly checkmate us. He summoned an employee.
"Still no radio from Bahia Blanca?" "No." "Ring up the station on the phone.
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XX Commodoro Rivadavia could hear nothing now, but twenty seconds later, six
hundred miles away, Bahia Blanca picked up a second message. "Coming down.
Entering the clouds " Then two words of a blurred message were caught at ...
XX Commodoro Rivadavia could hear nothing now, but twenty seconds later, six
hundred miles away, Bahia Blanca picked up a second message. "Coming down.
Entering the clouds " Then two words of a blurred message were caught at ...
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Contents
SERVICE | 15 |
THE SOUND OF THE DISTANT ENGINE SWELLED | 21 |
RIVIERE GLANCED AT THE PILOT | 31 |
Copyright | |
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