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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... lost each night . " This night service - much criti- cized at the start but subsequently , once the experimental stage was over , accepted as a practical proposition - still involved at the time of this narrative considerable risks ...
... lost each night . " This night service - much criti- cized at the start but subsequently , once the experimental stage was over , accepted as a practical proposition - still involved at the time of this narrative considerable risks ...
Page 156
... sped back from post to post to Buenos Aires . In under half an hour the plane was doomed to plunge into a cyclone which would crash it to the earth . XVIII RIVIÈRE WAS MUSING , ALL HOPE LOST- XVIII RIVIÈRE 156 NIGHT FLIGHT.
... sped back from post to post to Buenos Aires . In under half an hour the plane was doomed to plunge into a cyclone which would crash it to the earth . XVIII RIVIÈRE WAS MUSING , ALL HOPE LOST- XVIII RIVIÈRE 156 NIGHT FLIGHT.
Page 192
... the pilot of the Europe mail , who was lolling , his hands in his pockets , against the plane . " Your turn to carry on ? " " Yes . " " Has the Patagonia come in ? " " We don't expect it ; lost . How's the 192 NIGHT FLIGHT.
... the pilot of the Europe mail , who was lolling , his hands in his pockets , against the plane . " Your turn to carry on ? " " Yes . " " Has the Patagonia come in ? " " We don't expect it ; lost . How's the 192 NIGHT FLIGHT.
Contents
EVENING | 3 |
SERVICE | 15 |
THE SOUND OF THE DISTANT ENGINE SWELLED | 21 |
Copyright | |
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