the flights of Orestes Lorenzo Lorenzo, Orestes creator text biography nyu New York St. Martin's Press c1994 1994 monographic eng spa

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346 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations : 24 cm. 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 Orestes Lorenzo ; translated by E. K. Max. nwcu--- n-us--- Lorenzo, Orestes Fuerza Aérea Rebelde (Cuba) Biography Fuerza Aérea Rebelde (Cuba) Biografía Political refugees Cuba Biography Refugiados políticos Cuba Political refugees United States Biography Fighter pilots Cuba Biography Aviadores militares Cuba Cuba History 1959-1990 Cuba Historia 1959- 107 F 1788.22 L869w 1994 972.9106/4 0312100086 9780312100087 93021523 DLC 930611 20260501111755.0 4415021 eng