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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... Flight ( 1931 ) his double career was assured . Engaged in writing and long - distance flights over Europe and Africa , he led an active , often hazardous , life which culminated in his appointment as captain in the French Air Corps ...
... Flight ( 1931 ) his double career was assured . Engaged in writing and long - distance flights over Europe and Africa , he led an active , often hazardous , life which culminated in his appointment as captain in the French Air Corps ...
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... flight reports . If I am slack and let events take charge , trusting to routine , always mysteri- ously something seems to happen . It is as if my will alone forbade the plane in flight from breaking or the storm to hold the mail up ...
... flight reports . If I am slack and let events take charge , trusting to routine , always mysteri- ously something seems to happen . It is as if my will alone forbade the plane in flight from breaking or the storm to hold the mail up ...
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. DE SAINT - EXUPERY Night Flight In a novel of rare beauty and power , Saint- Exupéry charts the perilous world of pio- neer aviation . Night Flight is the story of hazardous flights made by night through the ...
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. DE SAINT - EXUPERY Night Flight In a novel of rare beauty and power , Saint- Exupéry charts the perilous world of pio- neer aviation . Night Flight is the story of hazardous flights made by night through the ...
Contents
ALREADY BENEATH HIM THROUGH | 17 |
THUS THE THREE PLANES OF THE AIR | 24 |
ddress | 33 |
Copyright | |
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