Night FlightAn adventure novel about the brave men who pilot night mail planes from Patagonia, Chile, and Paraguay to Argentina in the early days of commercial aviation. Their chief is a steely man named Riviere, whose extraordinary character is revealed through the dramatic acts of a single night. |
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... five thousand feet . " I guess they held me all the way just above the level of the peaks . " He mentioned his trouble with the gyroscope and how he had had to shift the air - inlet , as the snow was clogging it ; " form- ing a frost ...
... five thousand feet . " I guess they held me all the way just above the level of the peaks . " He mentioned his trouble with the gyroscope and how he had had to shift the air - inlet , as the snow was clogging it ; " form- ing a frost ...
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. chapter five Robineau Was Feeling Tired To - night . Robineau was feeling tired to - night . Look- ing at Pellerin - Pellerin the Conqueror - he had just discovered that his own life was a gray one . Worst of ...
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. chapter five Robineau Was Feeling Tired To - night . Robineau was feeling tired to - night . Look- ing at Pellerin - Pellerin the Conqueror - he had just discovered that his own life was a gray one . Worst of ...
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... five tons of metal and rocked him to and fro . He abandoned the attempt . Again he clenched his hands upon the tem- pest and brought it down . Fabien was breath- ing heavily . If that fellow pulled up the aërial for fear of the storm ...
... five tons of metal and rocked him to and fro . He abandoned the attempt . Again he clenched his hands upon the tem- pest and brought it down . Fabien was breath- ing heavily . If that fellow pulled up the aërial for fear of the storm ...
Contents
ALREADY BENEATH HIM THROUGH | 17 |
THUS THE THREE PLANES OF THE AIR | 24 |
ddress | 33 |
Copyright | |
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