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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... aviation provide the most admirable and worthy field for the display of prowess ? What would otherwise be rashness ceases to be such when it is part and parcel of an al- lotted task . The pilot who is forever risking his life may well ...
... aviation provide the most admirable and worthy field for the display of prowess ? What would otherwise be rashness ceases to be such when it is part and parcel of an al- lotted task . The pilot who is forever risking his life may well ...
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... aviation would tackle the problem of night- flying but its inevitable solution must be pre- pared for . Those green table - cloths over which he had leaned , his chin propped on his arm , well he remembered them ! And his feeling of ...
... aviation would tackle the problem of night- flying but its inevitable solution must be pre- pared for . Those green table - cloths over which he had leaned , his chin propped on his arm , well he remembered them ! And his feeling of ...
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... aviation . Night Flight is the story of hazardous flights made by night through the dangers of darkness and the destruc- tive splendor of sudden Andean storms . It is a story of men who risk their lives to de- liver mail in flimsy ...
... aviation . Night Flight is the story of hazardous flights made by night through the dangers of darkness and the destruc- tive splendor of sudden Andean storms . It is a story of men who risk their lives to de- liver mail in flimsy ...
Contents
ALREADY BENEATH HIM THROUGH | 17 |
THUS THE THREE PLANES OF THE AIR | 24 |
ddress | 33 |
Copyright | |
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