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Dick Rutan, co-pilot of historic round-the-world flight, dies at 85
Read full article: Dick Rutan, co-pilot of historic round-the-world flight, dies at 85Dick Rutan, along with copilot Jeana Yeager, completed one of the greatest milestones in aviation history: the first round-the-world flight with no stops or refueling.
Frost Advisory in effect for a large part of Central Florida
Read full article: Frost Advisory in effect for a large part of Central Florida[TRENDING: This woman received the first COVID-19 vaccine | Judge scolds theme park trespasser | Chuck Yeager dies at 97]We are looking at another cold night in Central Florida. There is now a Frost Advisory in Effect for everyone except Flagler, Coastal Volusia, and Brevard counties. Everyone else has the Frost Advisory until 8 a.m. Wednesday. Widespread Frost is to be expected. The high makes it back to 65, not normal, but much better than the 57 Central Florida had for a high today.
CPAC 2021 to be held in Orlando
Read full article: CPAC 2021 to be held in OrlandoAll rights reserved)ORLANDO, Fla. – The Conservative Political Action Conference will take place in February in Orlando, according to the organization’s website. [TRENDING: This woman received the first COVID-19 vaccine | Judge scolds theme park trespasser | Chuck Yeager dies at 97]The event will be from Feb. 25-28 at the Hyatt Regency in Orlando. A list of speakers for the event has not been released at this time. The event will take place a month after Joe Biden is scheduled to be sworn in as the next President of the United States. The 2020 CPAC was held in National Harbor, Maryland.
Reward offered for info on fatal hit-and-run in Clermont
Read full article: Reward offered for info on fatal hit-and-run in ClermontCLERMONT, Fla. – A reward was offered for information on the fatal hit-and-run crash from Nov. 21 in Clermont. Because she always put someone else before her.”The vehicle left the scene prior to the officers’ arrival, police said. For any information, call the Clermont Police Department Traffic Division or anonymously through Crimeline. I know they probably didn’t know what happened, who knows what their situation, but I already know that she forgives them,” Simmons said. “I just want them to come forward and let us know what happened.
Frost Advisory: Chilly day on tap in Central Florida
Read full article: Frost Advisory: Chilly day on tap in Central FloridaORLANDO, Fla. – Expect a cold start Tuesday across Central Florida, with many areas in the 30s and 40s. There is a frost advisory in effect until 8 a.m. Wednesday for Marion, Lake and inland Volusia counties. The record low is 25, set in 1937Highs will remain in the 60s on Wednesday and Thursday. We can expect highs back in the low and mid-70s by Friday. Low rain chances return by the weekend, with highs in the mid- and upper 70s.
Chuck Yeager, 1st to break sound barrier, dies at 97
Read full article: Chuck Yeager, 1st to break sound barrier, dies at 97Gen. Charles Yeager talks to members of the media following a re-enactment flight commemorating his breaking of the sound barrier 65 years earlier, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Yeager, the first pilot to break the sound barrier, died Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, at age 97. Yeager died Monday, his wife, Victoria Yeager, said on his Twitter account. Among the flights he made after breaking the sound barrier was one on Dec. 12. President Harry S. Truman awarded him the Collier air trophy in December 1948 for his breaking the sound barrier. ___This version corrects that Yeager flew an F-15, not an X-15, when he was 79.
Chuck Yeager, first to break sound barrier, dies at 97
Read full article: Chuck Yeager, first to break sound barrier, dies at 97I’ve had a ball.”On Oct. 14, 1947, Yeager, then a 24-year-old captain, pushed an orange, bullet-shaped Bell X-1 rocket plane past 660 mph to break the sound barrier, at the time a daunting aviation milestone. Yeager’s feat was kept top secret for about a year when the world thought the British had broken the sound barrier first. Yeager shot down 13 German planes on 64 missions during World War II, including five on a single mission. Among the flights he made after breaking the sound barrier was one on Dec. 12. President Harry S. Truman awarded him the Collier air trophy in December 1948 for his breaking the sound barrier.