Project Gutenberg 2025-03-08 Public domain in the USA. 245 Stearns, Myron M. (Myron Morris) 1884 1963 Stearns, Myron Morris Amid, John Visibility—Zero $aNew York :$bStreet & Smith Corporation, $c1929. Reading ease score: 83.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. Roger Frank and Sue Clark "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.) 20250306074234amid 1929 US en Short stories Air pilots -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Fiction 63351 2025-04-30T04:14:01.206733 text/html 39557 2025-04-30T13:55:40 text/html 476998 2025-04-30T04:14:03.450724 application/epub+zip 475768 2025-04-30T04:14:01.803762 application/epub+zip 82449 2025-04-30T04:14:01.474742 application/epub+zip 514111 2025-04-30T04:14:04.861736 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 507753 2025-04-30T04:14:03.173740 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 56152 2025-04-30T04:14:00.986718 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 35667 2025-04-30T13:55:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15593 2025-04-30T04:14:04.997714 application/rdf+xml 25529 2025-04-30T04:14:01.596733 image/jpeg 4287 2025-04-30T04:14:01.533733 image/jpeg 471675 2025-04-30T04:14:01.221742 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog