Night FlightIn this gripping novel, Saint-Exupéry tells about the brave men who piloted night mail planes from Patagonia, Chile, and Paraguay to Argentina in the early days of commercial aviation. Preface by André Gide. Translated by Stuart Gilbert. |
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He touched the switches, but the red light falling from the cockpit lamps upon the
dial hands was so diluted with the blue evening glow that they did not catch its
color. When he passed his fingers close before a bulb, they were hardly tinged at
...
He touched the switches, but the red light falling from the cockpit lamps upon the
dial hands was so diluted with the blue evening glow that they did not catch its
color. When he passed his fingers close before a bulb, they were hardly tinged at
...
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... himself more solidly, felt for the best position whence to gage the faintest lurch
of his five tons of metal, jostled by the heaving darkness. Groping with his fingers,
he plugged in his emergency lamp, let go of it, felt for it again, made sure it held; ...
... himself more solidly, felt for the best position whence to gage the faintest lurch
of his five tons of metal, jostled by the heaving darkness. Groping with his fingers,
he plugged in his emergency lamp, let go of it, felt for it again, made sure it held; ...
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Now that his hands had learnt their role by heart, he ventured to turn on a lamp,
making the cockpit bright with polished fittings and then, as on a submarine about
to dive, watched his passage into night upon the dials only. Nothing shook or ...
Now that his hands had learnt their role by heart, he ventured to turn on a lamp,
making the cockpit bright with polished fittings and then, as on a submarine about
to dive, watched his passage into night upon the dials only. Nothing shook or ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Night Flight Harbrace paperbound library |
| Author | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1974 |
| ISBN | 0547542798, 9780547542799 |
| Length | 96 pages |
| Subjects | › Fiction / Classics |
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