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 24
... planes of the air - mail service , from Patagonia , Chile , and Paraguay , were converging from south , west , and north ... plane . Three pilots , each behind a cowling heavy as a river - barge , intent upon his flight , were hastening ...
... planes of the air - mail service , from Patagonia , Chile , and Paraguay , were converging from south , west , and north ... plane . Three pilots , each behind a cowling heavy as a river - barge , intent upon his flight , were hastening ...
Page 45
... planes were ahead of time , for fair winds were bearing them northward on a favoring tide . " Give me the weather ... plane whose messages were being awaited here . The vague unrest of an aëroplane in flight brooded not only on NIGHT ...
... planes were ahead of time , for fair winds were bearing them northward on a favoring tide . " Give me the weather ... plane whose messages were being awaited here . The vague unrest of an aëroplane in flight brooded not only on NIGHT ...
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... Plane in sight . Plane signals : Engine Trouble ; about to land . That meant half an hour lost . Rivière felt that mood of irritation the traveler knows when his express is held up by a signal and the minutes no longer yield their toll ...
... Plane in sight . Plane signals : Engine Trouble ; about to land . That meant half an hour lost . Rivière felt that mood of irritation the traveler knows when his express is held up by a signal and the minutes no longer yield their toll ...
Contents
ALREADY BENEATH HIM THROUGH | 17 |
THUS THE THREE PLANES OF THE AIR | 24 |
ddress | 33 |
Copyright | |
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