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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... touch of anger , a spice of vanity , a lot of obstinacy and a tawdry ' sporting ' thrill . Above all , a stimulation of one's physical energies , which , however , is oddly out of place . One just folds one's arms , taking deep breaths ...
... touch of anger , a spice of vanity , a lot of obstinacy and a tawdry ' sporting ' thrill . Above all , a stimulation of one's physical energies , which , however , is oddly out of place . One just folds one's arms , taking deep breaths ...
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... touch or hear or curse , as the fancy took him . His impulse now was to curse them for a lazy crowd , so sure of life they seemed , gaping at the moon ; but he decided to be genial instead . 66 Drinks are on you ! " Then he climbed down ...
... touch or hear or curse , as the fancy took him . His impulse now was to curse them for a lazy crowd , so sure of life they seemed , gaping at the moon ; but he decided to be genial instead . 66 Drinks are on you ! " Then he climbed down ...
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... touch the key , the shocks are numbing my hands . ” In his vexation Fabien wanted to reply , but the moment his hands left the controls to write , a vast groundswell seemed to surge up across his body ; the eddies lifted him in his five ...
... touch the key , the shocks are numbing my hands . ” In his vexation Fabien wanted to reply , but the moment his hands left the controls to write , a vast groundswell seemed to surge up across his body ; the eddies lifted him in his five ...
Contents
ALREADY BENEATH HIM THROUGH | 17 |
THUS THE THREE PLANES OF THE AIR | 24 |
ddress | 33 |
Copyright | |
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