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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... fellow's better off here than flying above the Andes ! " And yet that world to which men hold so strongly had almost slipped from him ; he had come to know its wretchedness . He had returned from a few hours ' life on the other side of ...
... fellow's better off here than flying above the Andes ! " And yet that world to which men hold so strongly had almost slipped from him ; he had come to know its wretchedness . He had returned from a few hours ' life on the other side of ...
Page 99
... fellow who had been afraid . The pilot tried to explain . " I couldn't see a thing . No doubt , fur- ther the radio on • · perhaps . said . . . . But my lamp was getting weak and I couldn't see my hands . I tried turn- ing on my flying ...
... fellow who had been afraid . The pilot tried to explain . " I couldn't see a thing . No doubt , fur- ther the radio on • · perhaps . said . . . . But my lamp was getting weak and I couldn't see my hands . I tried turn- ing on my flying ...
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... He turned due west . Without another flare , he thought , I'm a goner . Well , it was bound to happen one day . And that fellow behind there ! Sure thing he's pulled up the aërial . . . . But now the pilot's anger had ebbed 144 NIGHT ...
... He turned due west . Without another flare , he thought , I'm a goner . Well , it was bound to happen one day . And that fellow behind there ! Sure thing he's pulled up the aërial . . . . But now the pilot's anger had ebbed 144 NIGHT ...
Contents
EVENING | 3 |
SERVICE | 15 |
THE SOUND OF THE DISTANT ENGINE SWELLED | 21 |
Copyright | |
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