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 99
... 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 - light so as to spot a wing anyhow , but I saw nothing . It was like 99.
... 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 - light so as to spot a wing anyhow , but I saw nothing . It was like 99.
Page 111
... flying by compass across a storm . " He leaned down again . The flame from the exhaust was getting on his nerves . There it was , clinging to the motor like a spray of fire - flowers , so pale it seemed that moonlight would have quelled ...
... flying by compass across a storm . " He leaned down again . The flame from the exhaust was getting on his nerves . There it was , clinging to the motor like a spray of fire - flowers , so pale it seemed that moonlight would have quelled ...
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. below . Impossible know if still flying over sea . Report if storm extends interior . " By reason of the storms the telegram had to be relayed from post to post to Buenos Aires , bearing its message through the ...
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. below . Impossible know if still flying over sea . Report if storm extends interior . " By reason of the storms the telegram had to be relayed from post to post to Buenos Aires , bearing its message through the ...
Contents
EVENING | 3 |
SERVICE | 15 |
THE SOUND OF THE DISTANT ENGINE SWELLED | 21 |
Copyright | |
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