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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Page 23
... heavy ground - swell raise his panting plane and let it sink , when he has crossed a dozen storms like lands at war , between them neutral tracts of moonlight , to reach at last those lights , one following the other - and knows himself ...
... heavy ground - swell raise his panting plane and let it sink , when he has crossed a dozen storms like lands at war , between them neutral tracts of moonlight , to reach at last those lights , one following the other - and knows himself ...
Page 59
... from the shadow toward his lamp , like a diver returning to the surface , the solitude made his movements heavy with their secret , slow as a swimmer's in the under- tow . " Wait ! I'll answer . " Rivière unhooked the NIGHT FLIGHT 59.
... from the shadow toward his lamp , like a diver returning to the surface , the solitude made his movements heavy with their secret , slow as a swimmer's in the under- tow . " Wait ! I'll answer . " Rivière unhooked the NIGHT FLIGHT 59.
Page 118
... Heavy and heavier silence drowned their voices , like a heavy sea . " One forty , " some one murmured . " They're out of fuel . They can't be flying any more . " Then silence . A dry and bitter taste rose on their lips , like the dry ...
... Heavy and heavier silence drowned their voices , like a heavy sea . " One forty , " some one murmured . " They're out of fuel . They can't be flying any more . " Then silence . A dry and bitter taste rose on their lips , like the dry ...
Contents
ALREADY BENEATH HIM THROUGH | 17 |
THUS THE THREE PLANES OF THE AIR | 24 |
ddress | 33 |
Copyright | |
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