Night FlightAn adventure story about the men who risked their lives flying the first commercial air mail routes in the early 1930's. |
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Riviere turned to the inspector. "That's a Pacific cyclone; it's too late to take any
action now. Anyhow these cyclones never cross the Andes." " No one could have
foreseen that this particular cyclone would continue its advance toward the east.
Riviere turned to the inspector. "That's a Pacific cyclone; it's too late to take any
action now. Anyhow these cyclones never cross the Andes." " No one could have
foreseen that this particular cyclone would continue its advance toward the east.
Page 99
You turned back though the weather reports were good. You could have pushed
through all right. Got the wind up?" Surprised, the pilot found no answer. He
slowly rubbed his hands one on the other. Then, raising his head, he looked
Riviere ...
You turned back though the weather reports were good. You could have pushed
through all right. Got the wind up?" Surprised, the pilot found no answer. He
slowly rubbed his hands one on the other. Then, raising his head, he looked
Riviere ...
Page 150
Below him still the storm was fashioning another world, thridded with squalls and
cloudbursts and lightnings, but turning to the stars a face of crystal snow. Now all
grew luminous, his hands, his clothes, the wings, and Fabien thought that he ...
Below him still the storm was fashioning another world, thridded with squalls and
cloudbursts and lightnings, but turning to the stars a face of crystal snow. Now all
grew luminous, his hands, his clothes, the wings, and Fabien thought that he ...
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Contents
SERVICE | 15 |
THE SOUND OF THE DISTANT ENGINE SWELLED | 21 |
RIVIERE GLANCED AT THE PILOT | 31 |
Copyright | |
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air-mail airport amongst anchorage Asuncion mail Bahia Blanca beneath bineau Brazil breath Buenos Aires calm Chile clear sky clouds cockpit crew cyclone dark death eczema engine Europe mail eyes Fabien Fabien's wife face feel fellow flying golden grew gyroscope hands hear heart heavy hour human Inspector Robineau knew lamp land landing-ground Leroux light lips little towns lives looked lost man's manometers minutes Monsieur Robineau moon murmured mused neau ness night flights orders paper passed his finger Patagonia mail peace Pellerin perhaps pilot PILOT'S WIFE pity plane Riviere felt Riviere thought Riviere's Robineau felt rose San Antonio San Julian secret seemed shadow ship shoulders signal silence slowly smile snow somewhere squalls stars storm sure telegrams thing thought Riviere thousand to-night touch Trelew trivial objects turned victory voice wait watched weather reports wind wireless operator
Bibliographic information
| Title | Night Flight Volume 7 of Modern masterpieces in English |
| Author | Antoine de Saint-Exup©♭ry |
| Translated by | Stuart Gilbert, André Gide |
| Contributor | André Gide |
| Publisher | Century Company, 1932 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 13 Nov 2007 |
| Length | 198 pages |
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