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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The latter does not act, himself; he impels to action, breathes into his pilots his
own virtue and exacts the utmost from them, constraining them to dare greatly.
His iron will admits no flinching, and the least lapse is punished by him. At first
sight ...
The latter does not act, himself; he impels to action, breathes into his pilots his
own virtue and exacts the utmost from them, constraining them to dare greatly.
His iron will admits no flinching, and the least lapse is punished by him. At first
sight ...
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... by our scientists, does not aviation provide the most admirable and worthy field
for the display of prowess? What would otherwise be rashness ceases to be such
when it is part and parcel of an allotted task. The pilot who is forever risking his ...
... by our scientists, does not aviation provide the most admirable and worthy field
for the display of prowess? What would otherwise be rashness ceases to be such
when it is part and parcel of an allotted task. The pilot who is forever risking his ...
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And it rejoiced him to enter into this one night with a measured slowness, as into
an anchorage. He bent down into the cockpit; the luminous dial hands were
beginning to show up. The pilot read their figures one by one; all was going well.
And it rejoiced him to enter into this one night with a measured slowness, as into
an anchorage. He bent down into the cockpit; the luminous dial hands were
beginning to show up. The pilot read their figures one by one; all was going well.
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air mail airport amongst Bahia Blanca beneath Brazil breath Buenos Aires calm Chile clear sky clouds cockpit Commodoro con crew cyclone dark death eczema engine Europe mail eyes Fabien Fabien's wife face feeling fellow FLIGHT TO ARRAS flowers flying grew gyroscope hands hear heart heavy hour human Inspector Robineau knew lamp land Leroux light lips LITTLE PRINCE little towns lives looked lost man's manometers minutes Monsieur Robineau moon murmured mused night duty night flights paper Paraguay passed his finger Patagonia mail peace Pellerin perhaps pilot pity plane Riviere felt Riviere thought Riviere's Robineau felt rose Saint-Exupery San Julian SAND AND STARS secret seemed shadow shining ship shoulders silence slowly smile snow somewhere squalls stars storm sure telegrams thing thought Riviere thousand tonight touch Trelew turned victory voice watched weather weather reports wind wireless operator
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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