Destination Havana

Copyright © 2012 by Francisco Angulo ✍

Destino La Habana

DestinationHavana

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Destination Havana

Francisco Angulo Lafuente

Synopsis

This novel is based on the life of Alfonso Nuñez Balboa, former Iberia commander with more than 25,000 flight hours under his belt.

The nineteen thirties: Nuñez is a boy from a small town called Dos Barrios de Aragón. The flight of a plane captivates his heart. He could have never imagine that years later he would be wearing a pilot's uniform. Before reaching his destination in Havana, though, he will have to navigate through the many and capricious paths presented by life.

This is the story of a working class boy who ended up flying very high.

Foreword

On September 25, 2010 I was invited by Antonio J. Nevado and Ana Sevilla to one of the conferences that the Ecofa Movement usually organises for informational purposes. On this occasion Antonio Pasalodos presented a solar-electric vehicle and I then spoke about the Nautilus Diver Kit, a prototype that allows to dive independently without the need for bottles. The attendees loved both of the new proposals and after the conference, we all assembled and tested the Pasalodos' car around the streets of Soto de la Vega. It was then that I was approached by Alfonso Nuñez, whom I knew through our participation in the Ecofa project. His father, who accompanied him, congratulated me on the paper and started sharing some of his ideas. I immediately sensed that this was someone special, the kind of person who has lived many adventures, probably more incredible than manyof the fictional tales I usually tell in my novels. I asked for his profession and he replied that he had been a pilot.

- What type of aircraft have you flown?

- Well, to be honest, almost every one of them, from military aircrafts during the Second World War, to the famous Jumbo, Boeing 747.

I have been an aviation enthusiast since I can remember, and had spent years tossing with the idea of writing a novel about the topic but I had always felt intimidated by the complexity of the topic and neverprepared enough to tackle it.