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s’effectuèrent to a heat of 21 ° C, with humidity below the
average.)
His takeoffs were spotless. He carefully checked its
boosters and focused for long minutes of the objective, in
accordance with our maps.
- Six … five … four … three … two … one. Off! We were
waiting his return eyes on the dials electrocardiograms and
electroencephalograms. Then put the timer on and gear
Control warned us of its imminent arrival.
- Six, five, four, three, two, one! Landing. Jean Bresson was
meticulous and methodical. Step by step with rigor and
discipline, he progressed on the continent dead. He
refused any interviews to the press. He had given any love
life to devote himself entirely to his professional activities.
Every day, he recorded his progress in a notebook, and a
small calculator decided a reasonable goal for the next day.
Across the Channel, Bill Graham appeared with a same
kind. He had already reached “over nineteen coma minutes
and twenty-three seconds. “
The two men were now embedded in a terrible and
dangerous race. Any misstep could their be fatal and they
were aware. A satirical magazine London Bresson and
Graham represented in the form of two little birds trying to
clean out the teeth of a crocodile. “Hey, Bill, you think he will