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100	1		_aStearns, Myron M. _q(Myron Morris), _d1884-1963
245	1	0	_aVisibility—Zero
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2025
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aProduced from the Second August Number, 1929 issue of The Popular Magazine.
500			_aRelease date is 2025-03-08
508			_aRoger Frank and Sue Clark
520			_a"Visibility—Zero" by John Amid is a dramatic piece centered around aviation, likely written in the late 1920s, a time when commercial air transport was becoming more established but still posed great risks due to unpredictable weather and technology limitations. This work portrays the challenges faced by early pilots in their quest to deliver mail, highlighting the struggle between personal ambition, duty, and the inherent dangers of flight. The narrative follows pilot Slip Crager as he grapples with both external weather conditions and internal conflict. He encounters a desperate passenger, Webber, who is anxious to reach his ailing wife. Although initially reluctant to take the passenger due to hazardous flying conditions, Crager ultimately decides to defy the company’s cautionary protocols in an attempt to prove his bravery and worth as a pilot. As a storm rolls in, visibility decreases, plunging him into a battle with his own limits of skill and responsibility. The story culminates in a tense and risky landing after numerous trials, leading to revelations about the identities of the characters involved and the connections that bind them. Ultimately, it raises questions about the nature of courage and the drive to succeed against all odds. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_pOriginally published: _cNew York: Street & Smith Corporation, 1929
653			_aShort stories
653			_aAir pilots -- Fiction
830		0	_aProduced from the Second August Number, 1929 issue of The Popular Magazine.
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75566
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