Flying Naked 2: The Hunt for Vilcabamba’s Gold

A lost pilot. A hidden treasure. A troupe of misfit flyers determined to find both.

The companion volume to Flying Naked: An American Pilot in the Amazon Jungle. Together the two books conclude Michael Bleriot’s fascinating Emerald World series of aviation adventures, capping the most original series of flying memoirs in years!

A FUN READ COVER-TO-COVER… - Jeffrey Miller, author of The Panama Affair

The best flying stories since Ernie Gann’s epics… - Dave Schlener, ATP

When a sleep-deprived American Air Force pilot in Panama has a vision of tropical treasure, his misfit companions set out to bring the dream to reality. Thus begins a dramatic and hilarious shakedown of every country south of the Texas border, from the jungles of the Yucatan peninsula to the salt flats of Bolivia, as the well-intentioned but often overeager flyers try to collect the dream’s baubles and solve the mystery behind them all.

Based on Bleriot’s own experience as a counter-drug pilot in South America, Flying Naked 2’s colorful characters, sharp dialogue, and fast pacing bring the quest to life - as do his hair-raising descriptions of flight during the Colombia war on drugs.

Part military memoir, part aviation history, and all action & adventure, the Emerald World series of aviation adventures is a tribute to the U.S. Air Force crews and mechanics who flew and operated in the Amazon in the 1990s.

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