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 34
... cyclone ; it's too late to take any action now . Anyhow these cyclones never cross the Andes . " # No one could have foreseen that this particular cyclone would continue its ad- vance toward the east . The inspector , who had no ideas ...
... cyclone ; it's too late to take any action now . Anyhow these cyclones never cross the Andes . " # No one could have foreseen that this particular cyclone would continue its ad- vance toward the east . The inspector , who had no ideas ...
Page 123
... cyclone and , above all , of Rivière whom they pic- tured near at hand and point by point capitulating to this rebuff the elements had dealt . Their chatter ceased abruptly ; Rivière was standing at his 128 NIGHT FLIGHT.
... cyclone and , above all , of Rivière whom they pic- tured near at hand and point by point capitulating to this rebuff the elements had dealt . Their chatter ceased abruptly ; Rivière was standing at his 128 NIGHT FLIGHT.
Page 191
... cyclone every night ! Once the trail is blazed , it must be followed up . ' Coming down , flight by flight , from Para- guay , as from an enchanted garden set with flowers , low houses and slow waters , the pilot had just skirted the ...
... cyclone every night ! Once the trail is blazed , it must be followed up . ' Coming down , flight by flight , from Para- guay , as from an enchanted garden set with flowers , low houses and slow waters , the pilot had just skirted the ...
Contents
EVENING | 3 |
SERVICE | 15 |
THE SOUND OF THE DISTANT ENGINE SWELLED | 21 |
Copyright | |
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aërial air-mail airport ANDRÉ GIDE Argentina Asuncion mail Bahia Blanca beneath Berkeley Berkeley Berkeley LIBRARY bineau breath Buenos Aires CALIFOR CALIFORNIA LIBRARY calm Chile clouds cockpit cyclone dark death eczema engine Europe mail eyes Fabien Fabien's wife face feel fellow flying golden grew gyroscope hands hear heart heavy hour Inspector Robineau knew lamp land landing-ground Leroux light lips little towns lives looked lost man's manometers minutes Monsieur Robineau moon murmured mused neau ness night duty night flights paper Patagonia mail peace Pellerin perhaps pilot PILOT'S WIFE pity plane Rivière felt Rivière thought Rivière's Robineau felt rose San Antonio San Julian secret seemed shadow ship shoulders silence slowly smile snow somewhere squalls stars storm sure telegrams thing thought Rivière thousand to-night touch Trelew turned UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA victory voice watched weather reports wind wireless operator