Pilot CarolAnn Garratt stands beside her Mooney, which displays the names of aviators who died of ALS. (Photo courtesy of 20thcenturyaviationmagazine.com)
Renowned pilot CarolAnn Garratt will share her stories of flying around the world at a special LaPorte Municipal Airport event on Saturday, July 19. Garratt will speak at 6 p.m. at the LaPorte Aero Club headquarters at the airport, 2341 Ind. 39. Refreshments will be served. All are invited to this special evening.
Garratt, a world record-setting pilot and author, has flown around the world three times: in 2003, 2009 and 2011. Her 2009 flight set a world record of 8.5 days. Garratt is also a champion for ALS research, with 100 percent of the proceeds from her book sales going directly to finding a cure for the disease that took her mother. So far she has raised more than $400,000.
For more information on this event, contact Marcia Forcey at (219) 728-7835.