So I Bought an Air Force: The True Story of a Gritty Midwesterner in Somoza's Nicaragua - Couverture souple

Martin, W. W.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1938690362 ISBN 13 : 9781938690365

Editeur : Two Harbors Pr, 2013

Synopsis

So I Bought an Air Force Nicaraguan strongman General Anastasio Somoza is making room for the modern jets sent down by his Cold War ally, the United States. Will Martin, a 34-year-old civilian pilot, has just suffered the loss of his family business in Chicago and is looking to make a fresh start. So I Bought An Air Force is the wild but true tale of how Martin buys the Nicaraguan Air Force's fleet of P-51 Mustangs, F-47 Thunderbolts, and C-45 Expeditors and his struggles to get his planes back up to the U.S. With stunning color photographs from the author's personal archive, "So I Bought An Air Force" gives the reader a vivid look at the rough-and-tumble world of 1960s Latin Americ...

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Two Harbors Pr
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1938690362
• ISBN 13: 9781938690365
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 259