GR translation: chosen for its affinity for moonlight

[Monte Davis]

Ruth nails it.

 

Also this <http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelrandy/4391749900/lightbox/> 

 

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P269.20-23  The plane is a battered DC-3, chosen for its affinity for
moonlight, the kind expression on its windowed face, its darkness inside and
outside. He wakes up curled among the cargo, metal darkness, engine
vibration through his bones . . .

What does "its affinity for moonlight" mean exactly?  Does it mean it often
flies at night, or something else?

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