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 58
... neau . Love the men under your orders- but do not let them know it . " So , once more , Robineau would super- vise the cleaning of each propeller - boss , with zest . An emergency landing - ground sent in a radio message . Plane in ...
... neau . Love the men under your orders- but do not let them know it . " So , once more , Robineau would super- vise the cleaning of each propeller - boss , with zest . An emergency landing - ground sent in a radio message . Plane in ...
Page 165
... neau , in life there are no solutions . There are only motive forces , and our task is to set them acting - then the solutions follow . " The only force that Robineau had to ac- tivate was one which functioned in the mechanics ' shop ...
... neau , in life there are no solutions . There are only motive forces , and our task is to set them acting - then the solutions follow . " The only force that Robineau had to ac- tivate was one which functioned in the mechanics ' shop ...
Contents
EVENING | 3 |
SERVICE | 15 |
THE SOUND OF THE DISTANT ENGINE SWELLED | 21 |
Copyright | |
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