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  2. List of Cold War pilot defections - Wikipedia

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    Orestes Lorenzo Pérez picked up his family and managed a successful safe return to Marathon, Florida. [7] A Cessna 310 similar to the one used by Major Orestes Lorenzo to rescue his family in Cuba in 1992. On September 17, 1993, Cuban Captain Enio Ravelo Rodriguez, defected in his MiG-21 to Naval Air Station Key West, Florida.

  3. Cessna 310 - Wikipedia

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    On December 19, 1992, Cuban defector Major Orestes Lorenzo Pérez returned to Cuba in a 1961 Cessna 310 to retrieve his wife and two sons. Flying without lights, at low speed and very low altitude to avoid Cuban radar, Pérez picked up his family by landing on the coastal highway of Varadero beach, Matanzas Province , 93 mi (150 km) east of ...

  4. List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft ...

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    Cuban Air Force pilot Major Orestes Lorenzo Perez defects in his Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23BN to Naval Air Station Key West, Florida on a training mission. U.S. fighters never scramble to intercept, and embarrassed military authorities say that "hardware and software problems" with the radar net contributed to the failure. [44]

  5. Portal:Aviation/Anniversaries/March 20 - Wikipedia

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    1991 – Cuban Air Force pilot Major Orestes Lorenzo Perez defects in his Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23BN to Naval Air Station Key West, Florida on a training mission. U.S. fighters never scramble to intercept, and embarrassed military authorities say that "hardware and software problems" with the radar net contributed to the failure.

  6. Orestes (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Orestes was the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, in Greek mythology. Orestes or Orestis may also refer to: Orestes (Greek myth), other figures in Greek mythology;

  7. Orestes - Wikipedia

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    Orestes at Delphi flanked by Athena and Pylades among the Erinyes and priestesses of the oracle, perhaps including Pythia behind the tripod – Paestan red-figured bell-krater, c. 330 BC. In Greek mythology, Orestes or Orestis (/ ɒ ˈ r ɛ s t iː z /; Ancient Greek: Ὀρέστης [oréstɛːs]) was the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and ...

  8. Orestes (given name) - Wikipedia

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    Orestes or Orestis (Greek: Ορέστης) is a Greek name meaning ' mountain dweller '. [ 1 ] Orestes in Greek mythology is the son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon , brother of Electra and Iphigenia .

  9. The Forgotten Pistolero - Wikipedia

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    The film is a western adaptation of the Greek myth of Orestes, subject of three famous drama-plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides. [1] [2] Ulrich P. Bruckner puts it among the "most interesting and most touching Spaghetti Westerns of the late sixties". [3]