From Here to There
From 4A7, Hampton, GA to BCV, Eagle River, AK and back
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"Faith in Someone greater than ourselves made the impossible possible." For Lou and Nancy Fabbri, an 8,200-mile trip to Alaska in "Yellowbird"--a 1940 dope and fabric J-3 Piper Cub with 65 HP and 10 gallons of usable fuel--seemed an impossible undertaking when their son first mentioned it. With the wisdom from many counselors, family, friends, and strangers, the impossible became the journey of a lifetime.
Lou Fabbri, a 66-year-old retired Delta Airlines mechanic and heart attack survivor, provided the wisdom and expertise to help Yellowbird make the trip. Nancy, his 64-year-old wife, obtained her pilot's license at 62 so the trip could be made.
This is a story of adventure, love, family, and relationships as well as the journaling of the various aviation aspects of such a trip. For Lou and Nancy, it is a story of the adventure of a lifetime.
Lou Fabbri, a 66-year-old retired Delta Airlines mechanic and heart attack survivor, provided the wisdom and expertise to help Yellowbird make the trip. Nancy, his 64-year-old wife, obtained her pilot's license at 62 so the trip could be made.
This is a story of adventure, love, family, and relationships as well as the journaling of the various aviation aspects of such a trip. For Lou and Nancy, it is a story of the adventure of a lifetime.
Join Lou and Nancy in the day by day journaling of the trip. The book comes with a DVD of about 400 pictures with captions. You can read the book and watch the pictures, chapter by chapter, and live the adventure with Lou and Nancy. At the end of the DVD is a video in which, Christina Robertson, a daughter interviews her parents soon after the couple's return to Georgia. You can learn about trip planning, survival gear, IFR
(I follow rivers, roads, and railroads), WWII gravel strips available throughout BC and the Yukon, available fuel--everything you need to know to take such a trip.
