The B-25 in the Backyard: My Father's Historic Airplane Sanctuary

ISBN-13: 9781476680668 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 236 str.

Wally Soplata

Spis treści

• Preface
• 1. No Place Like Home
• 2. Airplane Siblings
• 3. Sky King
• 4. Scraping By
• 5. The Banana Bus
• 6. Walter the Conqueror
• 7. Heavy Metal
• 8. The Mother-In-Law
• 9. Wild Cargo
• 10. The Flying Zoo
• 11. The Little Six That Could
• 12. Wings of the Night
• 13. Treasure Hunting
• 14. On the Outside Looking Up
• 15. Chicago Clone
• 16. Plane Crazy
• 17. Delusions of Flight
• 18. Plane Folks
• 19. Along for the Ride
• 20. High Hopes
• 21. Carrying a Load Not Measured in Pounds
• 22. A Hollywood Part
• 23. As Is, Where Is—The Fate of the Hunted
• 24. "Your Place"
• 25. In the Grip of Obsession
• 26. Mother Load
• 27. Chasing the Dream
• Epilogue: Live and Let Fly
• Appendix I: Walter Soplata's Airplanes: Where Are They Now?
• Appendix II: Aviatrix Marge Hurlburt's Hidden Treasure: Air Race Corsair Lucky Gallon
• Appendix III: The Global Reach of Walter Soplata's Airplanes: Lockheed Neptune #40436
• Sources
• Bibliography
• Aircraft Make and Model Index
• General Index