Only in America could Walter A.
Soplata, the son of penniless Czech immigrants, accomplish so much single-handedly saving historic aircraft from World War II and other periods.
After a childhood spent building model airplanes while dreaming about having his own airfield, Soplata worked in a large scrapyard taking apart hundreds of warplane engines.
Shocked to see a rare engine or sometimes a complete warplane on its way to the recycling furnace, he began collecting whatever he could find and aff.
Mcfarland & Company The b-25 in the backyard: my father's historic airplane sanctuary, paperback/wally soplata
