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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... land . " The wireless operator gave their position to all the stations on the line . From Magel- lan Strait to Buenos Aires the airports were strung out across fifteen hundred miles and more , but this one led toward the frontiers of ...
... land . " The wireless operator gave their position to all the stations on the line . From Magel- lan Strait to Buenos Aires the airports were strung out across fifteen hundred miles and more , but this one led toward the frontiers of ...
Page 39
... land and sea . " The men are happy , " he would say , " be- cause they like their work , and they like it because I am hard . " And hard he may have been - still he gave his men keen pleasure for all that . “ They need , ” he would say ...
... land and sea . " The men are happy , " he would say , " be- cause they like their work , and they like it because I am hard . " And hard he may have been - still he gave his men keen pleasure for all that . “ They need , ” he would say ...
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... land no matter where , even if it meant cracking up ! To avoid the hills anyhow , he launched his only landing flare . It sputtered and spun , illumining a vast plain , then died away ; beneath him lay the sea ! His thoughts came ...
... land no matter where , even if it meant cracking up ! To avoid the hills anyhow , he launched his only landing flare . It sputtered and spun , illumining a vast plain , then died away ; beneath him lay the sea ! His thoughts came ...
Contents
EVENING | 3 |
SERVICE | 15 |
THE SOUND OF THE DISTANT ENGINE SWELLED | 21 |
Copyright | |
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