Airman's Odyssey
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (801 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0156037335 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 456 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-11 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
His writings include The Little Prince, Wind, Sand and Stars, Night Flight, Southern Mail, and Airman's Odyssey. He was a pioneer of commercial aviation and flew in the Spanish Civil War and World War II. He took his first flight at the age of eleven, and became a pilot at twenty-six. . In 1944, while serving with a French air squadron, he disappeared during a flight over the Mediterranean. ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUP? RY, the "Winged Poet," was born in Lyon, France, in 1900
A peek back at the aviation's dangerous roots T.M. Reader There already exist a dozen or more excellent reviews on this early aviation piece. I humbly add my thoughts.This novel, written 1930ish by the famous author/flyer Antoine De Saint-Exupery, in the pioneering days of aviation, encompasses two stories playing out simultaneously:1. In the cockpit of a ni. If you never were reading LITTLE PRINCE by Antoine de Saint Exupery you lost a part of life.His prose, and he was a Noble guy who left his wife in his castle, and became a WWII pilot, - his prose is POETRY or the first class.We didn't read yet this story, but we loved 'WIND, SAND and STARS'. Also very poetic, and filled with LOVE TO PEOPLE, to Earth, to national and r. "Almost Poetic Account of Early Aviators" according to zorba. This is an almost- poetic vignette of the heroic men who flew the mail routes in South America during the early years of aviation. For me, it got off to a slow start but ends in gripping tension. It's short enough to be easily read a second time, and that's what I plan to do, hoping to get a fuller ap
Introduction by Richard Bach. Translated by Lewis Galantière and Stuart Gilbert.. Three classic adventure stories, reminders of both the romance and the reality of the pioneer era of aviation: Night Flight; Wind, Sand and Stars; and Flight to Arras
Language Notes Text: English, French (translation)