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The Last Flight of Jose Luis Balboa

Set in vibrant, multicultural Miami, The Last Flight of Jose Luis Balboa is an absorbing debut collection of short stories from a gifted writer. Gonzalo Barr captures this international hub city in all its roiling guises, from the opulence of South Beach to the ferocity of Little Havana. Barr introduces us to unforgettable characters -- an unscrupulous newscaster, a Lincoln Road bar manager, a beautiful but cruel teenaged heartbreaker, and the title character, a suicidal Latin pop star -- in situations that teem with humor and brutality, absurdity and poignance. This remarkable debut offers a vivid portrait of a city defined by a blur of cultures.

Set in vibrant, multicultural Miami, The Last Flight of Jose Luis Balboa is an absorbing debut collection of short stories from a gifted writer. Gonzalo Barr captures this international hub city in all its roiling guises, from the opulence of South Beach to the ferocity of Little Havana. Barr introduces us to unforgettable characters -- an unscrupulous newscaster, a Lincoln Road bar manager, a beautiful but cruel teenaged heartbreaker, and the title character, a suicidal Latin pop star -- in situations that teem with humor and brutality, absurdity and poignance. This remarkable debut offers a vivid portrait of a city defined by a blur of cultures.

Enero 18, 2010…...ese dia , vi el atardecer por......la ventana de un avion que volaba sobre el mar Caribe en un vuelo de Miami a Puerto Rico.............con la sonrisota pintada en el rostro, disfrutandome el Milagro de lo que es Tener vida para poder ver estas cosas......Con un corazon que palpitaba aun mas fuerte...aun No se si era por lo que veia tras la ventana de ese avion, o por lo que pensaba en ese momento.........Momentos, la vida son momentos, los vives hoy, ahora, ese segundo que te explota la sonrisa, o que te deja la mente en blanco pero que sabes que tienes vida y que te gusta lo que estas experimentando... Momentos, hay momentos, unos buenos y otros No tanto, pero que me recordaran que estoy aqui, que tengo vida, que aun respiro.......y que en mi vida luego de Tanta Grandeza y llevandote para siempre en mi alma, nada jamas sera nada cuando me acuerde del porque sonreia tras la ventana de un avion, mirando el sol despedirse..................!!! (Moraima Rowey)

January 18, 2010 ... ... that day, ...... I saw the sunset through the window of an airplane flying over the Caribbean Sea on a flight from Miami to Puerto Rico .......... ... with the smile painted on my face, enjoy the miracle of what life have to see these things ...... With a heart that beat even stronger ... I do not know if it was still so looked through the window of the plane, or so I thought at that time ......... moments, moments of life are the living today, now, that second exploits you smile or makes you mind blank, but you know you life and you like what you're experiencing ... Moments, there are moments, some good and some not so much, but I remember that I am here, that I have life, still breathing ....... and in my life after so much grandeur and taking you forever in my soul Nothing will ever be anything when I remember the smile because after an airplane window, watching the sun goodbye ..................!!! (Moraima Rowey)

Frenchman Henri Mignet designed the HM.14 Pou du Ciel (Flying Flea) in 1933. He envisioned a simple aircraft that amateurs could build and even teach themselves to fly. In an attempt to render the aircraft stall-proof and safe for amateur pilots to fly, Mignet staggered the two main wings. The HM.14 enjoyed a period of intense popularity in France and England but a series of accidents in 1935-36 permanently blackened the airplane's reputation.

Thise Mignet-Crosley Pou du Ciel is the first HM.14 made and flown in the United States. Edward Nirmaier and two other men built the airplane in November 1935 for his boss, Powell Crosley, Junior. Crosley was president of the Crosley Radio Corporation. He believed that the Flea might become a popular aircraft in the United States. After several flights, a crash at the Miami Air Races in December 1935 grounded the Crosley HM.14 for good. In 1960 Patrick H. "Pat" Packard donated this Pou du Ciel to the Smithsonian. In 1987 Packard and Patti Koppa finished restoring the aircraft. The original ABC Scorpion engine was missing, so these two artisans fabricated a wooden replica.

Gift of Patrick H. Packard.

Date: 1935

Country of Origin: France

Dimensions:
Wingspan: 5.2 m (17 ft)
Length: 3.6 m (11 ft 10 in)
Height: 1.7 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight: 159 kg (350 lb)
Engine: ABC Scorpion air-cooled, two-cylinder, 39 horsepower.
Crew: 1
Designer: Henri Mignet
Builder: Edward Nirmaier

Physical Description:
Open-cockpit, staggered wing biplane w/ tractor engine and fixed, tailwheel-type landing gear.


Inventory number: A19610020000