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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... clear patch . " And he explained how it had felt at that mo- ment ; just as if he had escaped from a cave . " Storm at Mendoza , too ? " " No. The sky was clear when I made my landing , not a breath of wind . But the storm was at my ...
... clear patch . " And he explained how it had felt at that mo- ment ; just as if he had escaped from a cave . " Storm at Mendoza , too ? " " No. The sky was clear when I made my landing , not a breath of wind . But the storm was at my ...
Page 112
... clear , he wondered , for he was staking his life on this little slip of dirty , crumpled paper , which he unfolded and re - read a thousand times to nurse his hopes : Trelew . Sky three - quarters overcast . West- erly breeze . If ...
... clear , he wondered , for he was staking his life on this little slip of dirty , crumpled paper , which he unfolded and re - read a thousand times to nurse his hopes : Trelew . Sky three - quarters overcast . West- erly breeze . If ...
Page 119
... Clear sky ; full moon ; no wind . " The mountains of Brazil were standing stark and clear against the moonlit sky , the tangled tresses of their jet - black forests falling sheer into a silver tracery of sea . Upon those forests the ...
... Clear sky ; full moon ; no wind . " The mountains of Brazil were standing stark and clear against the moonlit sky , the tangled tresses of their jet - black forests falling sheer into a silver tracery of sea . Upon those forests the ...
Contents
EVENING | 3 |
SERVICE | 15 |
THE SOUND OF THE DISTANT ENGINE SWELLED | 21 |
Copyright | |
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