Newcastle, WA
--- Now in bookstores everywhere,
Finding Carla tells the true story of an aviation search-and-rescue operation and a family's struggle
--- and how together they affected the history of aircraft emergency locator transmitters (ELTs).
In March 1967, a Cessna 195 flew from Oregon towards San Francisco carrying a family of three: Alvin Oien, Sr. (the pilot), his wife Phyllis and step-daughter Carla Corbus. Due to worse-than-predicted weather, it went down in the mountains of northern California only eight miles from a highway. Search-and-rescue efforts were hindered by snowy winter storms, rugged terrain, and the fact that the downed airplane did not have an ELT.
The eventual finding of the wreck by hunters in October of that year shocked the nation when it was discovered that the family had survived the crash. A diary and series of letters from the survivors explained their predicament; now, in
Finding Carla pilot and new author, Ross Nixon tells the complete story as it has never been told
--- in full, with its effect on the author himself as he rediscovered it.
Meet Ross on October 2nd, 2016 at 1:00 PM at the Barnes & Noble in Anchorage Alaska where he will be discussing his journey in telling this story, and signing books afterwards.
Softcover, 6" x 9", black and white, 240 pages. Also available in eBook PDF, eBook ePub, on iBooks and soon for Kindle.
Now in Bookstores Everywhere!
