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Correcting omission
Enthusing in my Post 12 over "Song of the Sky", I forgot to mention St. Exupery's books, "Night Flight" (Vol de Nuit), "Sun, Sand and Stars" and "Pilote de Guerre" (I think that that too has been translated into English).
"Night Flight" is about early days (1930s) in air transport across the Andes, which still has relevance in aviation well off the airways.
"Sun, Sand and Stars" is about a long distance record attempt in a 4-seat light aircraft which went wrong and ended in a "survival situation", while "Pilot de Guerre" is about the early days of WW2.
All based on St. Ex's own experiences, and very good writing indeed (the translations aren't bad either - an early ambition of mine, after reading "Vol de Nuit" was to translate it myself, but a much better writer had already beaten me to it !).
"Night Flight" is about early days (1930s) in air transport across the Andes, which still has relevance in aviation well off the airways.
"Sun, Sand and Stars" is about a long distance record attempt in a 4-seat light aircraft which went wrong and ended in a "survival situation", while "Pilot de Guerre" is about the early days of WW2.
All based on St. Ex's own experiences, and very good writing indeed (the translations aren't bad either - an early ambition of mine, after reading "Vol de Nuit" was to translate it myself, but a much better writer had already beaten me to it !).
