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 37
... . " I regret , " he would inform the pilots with cheerful zest , " I regret it very much indeed , but you should have had your breakdown somewhere else . " 3 " But , Monsieur Robineau , one doesn't choose 37 NIGHT FLIGHT.
... . " I regret , " he would inform the pilots with cheerful zest , " I regret it very much indeed , but you should have had your breakdown somewhere else . " 3 " But , Monsieur Robineau , one doesn't choose 37 NIGHT FLIGHT.
Page 71
... Somewhere he would find the solitary clerk on night duty . Somewhere here a man was working that life and energy should persevere and thus 71 NIGHT FLIGHT.
... Somewhere he would find the solitary clerk on night duty . Somewhere here a man was working that life and energy should persevere and thus 71 NIGHT FLIGHT.
Page 175
... somewhere out of space and out of time , and at the radio station phantom hands were tracing a word or two on this white paper . Had the fuel run out already or was the pilot , before catastrophe , playing his last card : to reach the ...
... somewhere out of space and out of time , and at the radio station phantom hands were tracing a word or two on this white paper . Had the fuel run out already or was the pilot , before catastrophe , playing his last card : to reach the ...
Contents
EVENING | 3 |
SERVICE | 15 |
THE SOUND OF THE DISTANT ENGINE SWELLED | 21 |
Copyright | |
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