02381cam a2200421 a 45000010008000000030008000080050017000160070003000330080041000360100017000770200016000940200018001100350012001280400023001400410013001630430021001760500030001970820015002271000021002422400038002632450105003012600044004063000073004503360026005233370028005493380027005775200990006046000021015946100046016156100048016616500041017096500035017506500050017856500037018356500031018726510030019036510026019334415021BJBSDDR20260501111755.0ta930611s1994    nyua          000 0aeng    a   93021523   a0312100086   a9780312100087  a4415021  aDLCcDLCdDLCbeng1 aenghspa  anwcu---an-us---14a107 F 1788.22bL869w 199400a972.9106/41 aLorenzo, Orestes10aVuelo hacia el amanecer.lEnglish10aWings of the morning :bthe flights of Orestes Lorenzo /cOrestes Lorenzo ; translated by E. K. Max.  aNew York :bSt. Martin's Press,cc1994.  a346 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : billustrations :c24 cm.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIn December 1992 Orestes Lorenzo undertook the most daring journey of his life. More than a year earlier, while a major in the Cuban Air Force, he had escaped from Cuba by flying a MiG to the United States, and for twenty-one frantic months had been trying to get permission for his wife, Vicky, and their two sons to join him. When all his attempts to gain their freedom failed, Orestes decided to go back and rescue his family himself. Meanwhile, Vicky had been undergoing a terrifying ordeal back in Cuba, where the authorities were pressuring her to denounce her husband as a traitor. They informed her that she would never be allowed to leave, and that Raul Castro himself had declared: "If Lorenzo had the guts to leave with one if my MiGs, maybe he has the guts to come back and get his family." Desperate, Orestes Lorenzo did just that, flying an old twin-engine Cessna across the straits of Florida, avoiding Cuban radar, and landing on a busy highway in a breathtaking rescue14aLorenzo, Orestes20aFuerza Aérea Rebelde (Cuba)xBiography.24aFuerza Aérea Rebelde (Cuba) xBiografía 0aPolitical refugeeszCubaxBiography. 4aRefugiados políticos zCuba  0aPolitical refugeeszUnited StatesxBiography. 0aFighter pilotszCubaxBiography. 4aAviadores militares zCuba 0aCubaxHistoryy1959-1990. 4aCubaxHistoriay1959-