Hawk Safari: The Search for a Rare Bird–A Curtiss Hawk P6E [Paperback] Rosanik,Ralph

In 1938, while in the U.S. Army Corps, Ralph Rosanik saw his first Curtiss Hawk P6-E. It was the most beautiful aircraft he’d ever seen, and he took a photograph of it. By 1960, Rosanik had become obsessed with owning a P6-E. But after years of extensive research, placing ads in aviation journals, and even traveling to South America to follow up on rumors of a P6-E somewhere in the jungle, he was unable to find one. So he decided to build his own. In these pages, Rosanik tells how he washed and fueled airplanes as a boy in exchange for flying lessons, how his obsession with owning a Curtiss Hawk P6-E grew, and how he overcame the seemingly insurmountable obstacles of building his own Hawk- the business setbacks and the treachery of associates who tried to take the Hawk from him. This is the story of how one man made his dream come true.