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About Gaby Kennard
In 1989 Gaby Kennard became the first Australian woman to fly solo around the world and the author of Solo Woman. As a small child Gaby Kennard had always wanted to fly - "I would stand on a fence or wall and imagine that I could fly off into the wide world, just by flapping my arms. That dream never left me."
At the age of 34, and a single mother of a young son and teenage daughter, Gaby decided the time had come to do something about her passion for flying. Being a passenger in an aeroplane was no longer enough for her.
By scrimping and saving, Gaby took up flying lessons and gained her Private Licence, Commercial Pilot's Licence and Multi-engine Instrument rating. But this was not enough Gaby was determined to challenge herself and fulfil a dream to fly around the world solo.
This impossible dream she financed by selling or mortgaging everything she owned, by gaining some sponsorship and encouragement from friendly backers, and by hundreds of hours of planning and negotiations with foreign governments for the journey. It was an exciting and harrowing trip.
Gaby was faced with instrument malfunction, she was robbed of precious survival gear, she came close to running out of fuel, her engine cut out over the Pacific and she plummeted thousands of feet.
Buffeted by severe electrical storms over the Atlantic she was forced to divert from her course. And she was faced with bureaucratic bungling, red tape and outright obstructionism in some countries.
But the rewards surpassed her greatest expectations. Gaby’s story is a great adventure that inspires each one of us to believe that we, too, can achieve our goals, no matter what the odds
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