The couple's goal was simple enough. Pick up Jim Torphy's Piper Cub from his summer home in Bedford, Indiana, and fly it to his winter residence in Winter Haven, Florida. VFR all the way. Easy peasy, lemon squeezy. Nothing to it. This is no simple story of a cross-country flight. This is an epic journey through an aviator's life that leads from the heart of the Midwest, rockets into outer space, and ultimately splashes down in the subtropical warmth of central Florida.
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