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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... San Antonio weather report . ' " " " San Antonio reports : West wind rising . Storm in the west . Sky three - quarters over- cast . San Antonio picking up badly on ac- count of interferences . I'm having trouble too . I shall have to ...
... San Antonio weather report . ' " " " San Antonio reports : West wind rising . Storm in the west . Sky three - quarters over- cast . San Antonio picking up badly on ac- count of interferences . I'm having trouble too . I shall have to ...
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. XIV FABIEN's wife telephoned . Each night she calculated the progress of the homing Patagonia mail . " He's leaving Trelew now , " she murmured . Then went to sleep again . Presently : " He's getting near San ...
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. XIV FABIEN's wife telephoned . Each night she calculated the progress of the homing Patagonia mail . " He's leaving Trelew now , " she murmured . Then went to sleep again . Presently : " He's getting near San ...
Contents
EVENING | 3 |
SERVICE | 15 |
THE SOUND OF THE DISTANT ENGINE SWELLED | 21 |
Copyright | |
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