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 54
... storm , bathed intermittently , no doubt , by flicker- ing gleams . He could not see that face ; all the feelings thronging there to meet the onset of the storm were hidden from his eyes ; lips set with anger and resolve , a white face ...
... storm , bathed intermittently , no doubt , by flicker- ing gleams . He could not see that face ; all the feelings thronging there to meet the onset of the storm were hidden from his eyes ; lips set with anger and resolve , a white face ...
Page 82
... Storm . " He was beginning to measure this unfore- seen offensive , launched from the Cordillera toward the sea . Before he could make them the storm would have burst upon the cities . " Get the San Antonio weather report . " " San ...
... Storm . " He was beginning to measure this unfore- seen offensive , launched from the Cordillera toward the sea . Before he could make them the storm would have burst upon the cities . " Get the San Antonio weather report . " " San ...
Page 105
... storm . Proceeding due west toward interior ; found we had been carried above sea . No visibility below . Impossible know if still flying over sea . Report if storm extends interior . " By reason of the storms the telegram had to be 105 ...
... storm . Proceeding due west toward interior ; found we had been carried above sea . No visibility below . Impossible know if still flying over sea . Report if storm extends interior . " By reason of the storms the telegram had to be 105 ...
Contents
ALREADY BENEATH HIM THROUGH | 17 |
THUS THE THREE PLANES OF THE AIR | 24 |
ddress | 33 |
Copyright | |
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