The exciting realism of air adventure - through the treacherous passes of the Pyrenees, above the Sahara, along the snowy
ramparts of the Andes - combined with lyrical prose and the soaring spirit of a philosopher, makes these memoirs one of the
most popular books about flying every written. The author was a pioneer pilot in commercial aviation. During World War II he
served in a French air squadron and in the summer of 1944 disappeared over the Mediterranean while returning from a reconnaissance
mission. He has been called "the Joseph Conrad of the air", and this account of his experiences received the Grand Prix of the
Academie Francaise.
Quotes:
"When by mutation a new rose is born in a garden, all the gardeners rejoice. They isolate the rose, tend it, foster it.
But there is no gardener for men..."
"Some indeed were well taught, but no one took the time to cultivate them"
"That incense of an old library that is worth all the perfumes in the world"
"What I went through no animal would have gone through"
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