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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... turned to the inspector . • " " “ That's a Pacific cyclone ; it's too late to take any action now . Anyhow these cyclones never cross the Andes . " No one could have foreseen that this par- ticular cyclone would continue its advance ...
... turned to the inspector . • " " “ That's a Pacific cyclone ; it's too late to take any action now . Anyhow these cyclones never cross the Andes . " No one could have foreseen that this par- ticular cyclone would continue its advance ...
Page 103
... turning to the stars a face of crystal snow . Now all grew luminous , his hands , his clothes , the wings , and Fabien ... turned he saw the wireless operator smile . “ That's better ! ” he cried . But his words were drowned by the rumor ...
... turning to the stars a face of crystal snow . Now all grew luminous , his hands , his clothes , the wings , and Fabien ... turned he saw the wireless operator smile . “ That's better ! ” he cried . But his words were drowned by the rumor ...
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... turned over in his mind vague sentences that hinted sympathy and consolation , and the impulse prompting him struck Robineau as eminently laudable . He knocked gently at the door . There was no answer . Not daring in such a silence to ...
... turned over in his mind vague sentences that hinted sympathy and consolation , and the impulse prompting him struck Robineau as eminently laudable . He knocked gently at the door . There was no answer . Not daring in such a silence to ...
Contents
ALREADY BENEATH HIM THROUGH | 17 |
THUS THE THREE PLANES OF THE AIR | 24 |
ddress | 33 |
Copyright | |
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aërial air-mail airport ANDRÉ GIDE Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Asuncion mail aviation Bahia Blanca beneath Buenos Aires calm chapter Chile clouds cockpit crew cyclone dark death eczema engine Europe mail eyes Fabien Fabien's wife face feeling fellow Flight to Arras flowers flying golden grew gyroscope hands hear heart heavy hour human inspector knew lamp land landing-ground Leroux light lips Little Prince little towns lives looked lost man's minutes Monsieur Robineau moon mused neau night duty Night Flight paper Patagonia mail peace Pellerin perhaps pilot Pilot's Wife pity plane Rivière felt Rivière thought Rivière's Robineau felt rose Saint-Exupéry San Julian Sand and Stars secret seemed shadow shining ship shoulders silence slowly smile snow somewhere squalls stars storm sure telegrams thing thought Rivière thousand tion touch Trelew turned victory vière voice watched weather reports wind wireless operator