Night FlightWinner of the 1931 Prix Femina, the novel concerns the perils of pioneer aviation, and is a fictionalized account of the author's own experience. "An enduring modern classic and the best description of flight in print" (Schiff, 205, 210). |
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Page 56
... , Robineau . " Rivière weighed his words . " You may have to order this pilot to - morrow night to start on a dangerous flight . He will have to obey you . " " Yes . " " The lives of men worth more than you are 56 NIGHT FLIGHT.
... , Robineau . " Rivière weighed his words . " You may have to order this pilot to - morrow night to start on a dangerous flight . He will have to obey you . " " Yes . " " The lives of men worth more than you are 56 NIGHT FLIGHT.
Page 101
... seems to happen . It is as if my will alone forbade the plane in flight from breaking or the storm to hold the mail up . My power sometimes amazes me . His thoughts flowed on . Simple enough , perhaps . 101 NIGHT FLIGHT.
... seems to happen . It is as if my will alone forbade the plane in flight from breaking or the storm to hold the mail up . My power sometimes amazes me . His thoughts flowed on . Simple enough , perhaps . 101 NIGHT FLIGHT.
Page 103
... waste of time , he was saying to himself . There's something far above all that . A living thing forces its way through , makes its own laws to live and nothing can resist it . Rivière had no notion when or how 103 NIGHT FLIGHT.
... waste of time , he was saying to himself . There's something far above all that . A living thing forces its way through , makes its own laws to live and nothing can resist it . Rivière had no notion when or how 103 NIGHT FLIGHT.
Contents
EVENING | 3 |
SERVICE | 15 |
THE SOUND OF THE DISTANT ENGINE SWELLED | 21 |
Copyright | |
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