So I Bought an Air Force: The True Story of a Gritty

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

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 America from the cockpit of some of the hottest American aircraft ever built.
Country USA
Brand Two Harbors Press
Manufacturer Two Harbors Pr
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781938690365
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

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