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 7
... did not catch its color . When he passed his fingers close be- fore a bulb , they were hardly tinged at all . " Too soon . " But night was rising like a tawny smoke and already the valleys were brimming over with it . 7 NIGHT FLIGHT.
... did not catch its color . When he passed his fingers close be- fore a bulb , they were hardly tinged at all . " Too soon . " But night was rising like a tawny smoke and already the valleys were brimming over with it . 7 NIGHT FLIGHT.
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... finger , his flying - lights flashed back a greeting to them . The earth grew span- gled with light - signals as each ... fingers along a steel rib and felt the stream of life that flowed in it ; the metal did not vibrate , yet it was ...
... finger , his flying - lights flashed back a greeting to them . The earth grew span- gled with light - signals as each ... fingers along a steel rib and felt the stream of life that flowed in it ; the metal did not vibrate , yet it was ...
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... fingers the final telegrams , last notes of a sonata he had played allegro in the sky— a melody familiar to Rivière's ears . Then he pulled up the aërial and stretched his limbs , yawning and smiling ; another jour- ney done . The pilot ...
... fingers the final telegrams , last notes of a sonata he had played allegro in the sky— a melody familiar to Rivière's ears . Then he pulled up the aërial and stretched his limbs , yawning and smiling ; another jour- ney done . The pilot ...
Contents
EVENING | 3 |
SERVICE | 15 |
THE SOUND OF THE DISTANT ENGINE SWELLED | 21 |
Copyright | |
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