02744cam a2200481 a 4500 4415021 BJBSDDR 20260501111755.0 ta 930611s1994 nyua 000 0aeng 93021523 0312100086 9780312100087 4415021 DLC DLC DLC eng eng spa nwcu--- n-us--- 107 F 1788.22 L869w 1994 972.9106/4 Lorenzo, Orestes 48113 Vuelo hacia el amanecer. English Wings of the morning : the flights of Orestes Lorenzo / Orestes Lorenzo ; translated by E. K. Max. New York : St. Martin's Press, c1994. 346 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations : 24 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier In 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 rescue Lorenzo, Orestes 48113 Fuerza Aérea Rebelde (Cuba) Biography. Fuerza Aérea Rebelde (Cuba) Biografía 48250 Political refugees Cuba Biography. Refugiados políticos Cuba 48251 Political refugees United States Biography. Fighter pilots Cuba Biography. Aviadores militares Cuba 48252 Cuba History 1959-1990. Cuba Historia 1959- 220 7 cbc orignew 1 ocip 19 y-gencatlg lcc BK 126914 126914 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2026-04-24 0 107 F 1788.22 L869w 1994 00000199710 2026-04-24 10:54:00 1 2026-04-24 BK