Freedom flight : a true account of the Cold War's greatest escape / Frank Iszak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Iszak, Frank, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hijacking of aircraft.

Political refugees.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 288 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York : Morgan James Publishing, [2016]

Summary:

A riveting account of a daring escape from Communist Hungary in a twin-engine plane: "I couldn't put it down" - San Diego Union-Tribune. On the rainy afternoon of Friday, July 13, 1956, seven desperate young people boarded a twin engine DC-3 in the People's Republic of Hungary, with the intention of diverting it to West Germany. They had no weapons, no map, and no idea whether the plane carried enough fuel to get them there. They would have to brave the gun of the security officer on board, the wild maneuvers of the pilot, the Russian MiG fighters in hot pursuit, and a harrowing flight over the stormy Alps, without navigation. Failure would mean certain death. And a spectacular escape from tyranny was born...

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781630478278

163047827X

OCLC:

974324299