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 20
... lights , then stars , then twinkling star - dust that vanished , tempting him for the last time . " I can't see the dials ; I'll light up . " He touched the switches , but the red light falling from the cockpit lamps upon the dial ...
... lights , then stars , then twinkling star - dust that vanished , tempting him for the last time . " I can't see the dials ; I'll light up . " He touched the switches , but the red light falling from the cockpit lamps upon the dial ...
Page 102
... light , for nothing in the world would he forgo the frailest gleam . If the glimmer of a little inn were all his riches , he would turn around this token of his heart's desire until his death ! So now he soared toward the fields of light ...
... light , for nothing in the world would he forgo the frailest gleam . If the glimmer of a little inn were all his riches , he would turn around this token of his heart's desire until his death ! So now he soared toward the fields of light ...
Page 103
... light did not come down from the stars but welled up from below , from all that snowy whiteness . The clouds beneath threw up the flakes the moon was pouring on them ; on every hand they loomed like towers of snow . A milky stream of light ...
... light did not come down from the stars but welled up from below , from all that snowy whiteness . The clouds beneath threw up the flakes the moon was pouring on them ; on every hand they loomed like towers of snow . A milky stream of light ...
Contents
ALREADY BENEATH HIM THROUGH | 17 |
THUS THE THREE PLANES OF THE AIR | 24 |
ddress | 33 |
Copyright | |
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