KIFIS
16th May 2001, 14:36
The letter describes in part St. Ex’s second long distance flight over the Sahara Desert to Timbuktu. His first flight across the Northern Sahara ended in disaster and near death from privation and thirst. Before the Timbuktu flight he is quoted as saying : “ I have an old account to settle with the desert “. After returning he wrote to Nellie De Vogue:
“ I was happy when the tiny square appeared 30 kilometres away in the desert after 500, 1000, 1500 kilometres of emptiness. For hours the engine beat like a heart but that wasn’t enough. A fine punishment awaited me if I fell below my own opinion of myself. “
Surely the attitude that made him a legend. (My words)
KIFIS
“ I was happy when the tiny square appeared 30 kilometres away in the desert after 500, 1000, 1500 kilometres of emptiness. For hours the engine beat like a heart but that wasn’t enough. A fine punishment awaited me if I fell below my own opinion of myself. “
Surely the attitude that made him a legend. (My words)
KIFIS