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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... Julian ? " Fabien smiled ; the sky was calm as an aquarium and all the stations ahead were signaling , Clear sky : no wind . " No , we'll go on . " But the wireless operator was thinking : these storms had 18 NIGHT FLIGHT.
... Julian ? " Fabien smiled ; the sky was calm as an aquarium and all the stations ahead were signaling , Clear sky : no wind . " No , we'll go on . " But the wireless operator was thinking : these storms had 18 NIGHT FLIGHT.
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... wind on her face . Their room overlooked Buenos Aires . A dance was going on in a house near by and the music came to her upon the wind , for this was the hour of leisure and amusement . In a hundred thousand barracks this city billeted ...
... wind on her face . Their room overlooked Buenos Aires . A dance was going on in a house near by and the music came to her upon the wind , for this was the hour of leisure and amusement . In a hundred thousand barracks this city billeted ...
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. watched it streaming stiffly out into the wind , like a torch - flame . Every thirty seconds Fabien bent down into the cockpit to check the gyroscope and compass . He dared not light the dim red lamps which ...
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. watched it streaming stiffly out into the wind , like a torch - flame . Every thirty seconds Fabien bent down into the cockpit to check the gyroscope and compass . He dared not light the dim red lamps which ...
Contents
ALREADY BENEATH HIM THROUGH | 17 |
THUS THE THREE PLANES OF THE AIR | 24 |
ddress | 33 |
Copyright | |
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