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Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt Revealed By Clive Cussler with Craig ...

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<strong>and</strong> four children live on a farm outside Wichita, Kansas.<br />

Vincente's DC-3.Beautifully restored fifty-five-year-old cargo plane powered by two<br />

1,200-horsepower Pratt <strong>and</strong> Whitney engines. Flown by Vincente from Nicoya, Costa Rica, to<br />

Harlingen, Texas, then on to Wichita, Kansas, to purchase the stolen art from the City of the Dead from<br />

Zolar. The plane began life as a commercial airliner for TWA shortly before the war. Vincente found the<br />

plane hauling cargo for a mining company in Guatemala <strong>and</strong> had it restored.<br />

"Waiting for the Robert E. Lee."Song that <strong>Pitt</strong> claims he wants to hear when he surfaces from the<br />

sinkhole. Giordino has a mariachi b<strong>and</strong> playing the song when <strong>Pitt</strong> is dropped off by the El Porqueria.<br />

Wallowing Windbag.The specially modified NUMA Hovercraft that <strong>Pitt</strong> <strong>and</strong> Giordino use to travel<br />

on the underground river. Known as a water rescue response vehicle, it is ten feet in length <strong>and</strong> five feet<br />

wide. It has eight air chambers <strong>and</strong> features a four-cycle, 50-horsepower engine that can propel it at<br />

forty miles an hour.<br />

Witchitau.City where Zolar meets <strong>with</strong> Vincente to sell him the artifacts from the City of the Dead.<br />

Vincente's ex-wife <strong>and</strong> kids live there on a farm.<br />

Yuma, Billy.Native American from the Montolo tribe. A small man of fifty-five. Won a bronco-riding<br />

contest in Tucson, Arizona, <strong>and</strong> was once the fastest cross country runner in his tribe. He has a round,<br />

brown face <strong>with</strong> a strong jaw, straggly gray eyebrows <strong>and</strong> thick black hair. Drives a Ford pickup truck.<br />

His wife's name is Polly. He speaks native Montoloan <strong>and</strong> Spanish along <strong>with</strong> some English.<br />

Yuma, Polly.Wife of Billy. A large woman who carries her weight better than any man. Her face is<br />

round <strong>and</strong>ed <strong>with</strong> enormous brown eyes. Despite being middle-aged, she has hair as black as a raven's<br />

feathers.<br />

Zavala.The one-hundred-fifty-year-old steamship that belonged to the Republic of Texas Navy.<br />

NUMA found the ship under a parking lot in Galveston.<br />

Zolar international.Zolar's company. Its corporate jet is painted a golden tan <strong>with</strong> a bright purple<br />

stripe running along its fuselage.

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