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WILL THE EARHART MYSTERY BE SOLVED?

Image of Earhart next to sonar picture
Deep Sea Vision believes they may have come across Amelia Earhart’s wrecked plane in the Pacific Ocean.

(FOX NEWS) – A South Carolina-based ocean exploration
company says it may have found the airplane that Amelia
Earhart flew on her
ill-fated 1937 expedition.

Deep Sea Vision CEO Tony Romeo, a former Air Force
intelligence officer, believes that the airplane-shaped
object that his company captured in a sonar image is
Earhart’s Lockheed 10-E Electra.

Earhart was trying to become the first woman to successfully
complete a circumnavigational flight of the globe when she
disappeared on July 2, 1937. She was last seen in Papua New
Guinea and disappeared near Howland Island in the Pacific
Ocean.

Amelia Earhart's Aircraft Believed to be Found by Unconventional Team of Experts - The Malaysian ...

Brightened sonar image of plane-shaped object
The CEO of Deep Sea Vision says he plans to return to get clearer pictures of the unknown object. (Deep Sea Vision)

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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TINY TIM AND MISS VICKI’S WEDDING, “TONIGHT SHOW,” DEC. 17, 1969 (AUDIO ONLY) - YouTube

Tiny Tim's Wedding on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" — 1969 | TheGroupSposa

Victoria "Miss Vicki" Budinger and Tiny Tim News Photo - Getty Images

Who is Vicki Budinger dating? Vicki Budinger boyfriend, husband

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FORMER APOLLO ASTRONAUT HAS DIED

Picture of Ken Mattingly

Ken Mattingly’s Booking Agent and Speaking Fee - Speaker Booking Agency

NASA announced Thursday, Thomas K. Mattingly, a key
commander during the Apollo 16 mission to the moon,
died on October 31 at age 87.     

NASA administrator Bill Nelson said “Astronaut Mattingly
was key to the success of our Apollo Program, and his
shining personality will ensure he is remembered throughout
history."

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Mattingly in Navy uniform.

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Ken Mattingly, John Young, and Charlie Duke-the crew of Apollo 16. Photo Credit: NASA posted on ...
Apollo 16

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IT FLEW FOR THE FIRST AND LAST TIME ~1947

Spruce Goose flies - Nov 02, 1947 - HISTORY.com

The Hughes Flying Boat—at one time the largest aircraft ever built—
is piloted by designer
Howard Hughes on its first and only flight.

Built with laminated birch and spruce (hence the nickname the
Spruce Goose) the massive wooden aircraft had a wingspan
longer than a football field and was designed to carry more
than 700 men to battle.

Howard Hughes Spruce Goose, Wooden Plane, Howard Hughes, Flying Boat, Vintage Aircraft, Aviation ...

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Spruce Goose pilot's controls - Picture of Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, McMinnville ...
The  aircraft is on display at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum located in McMinnville, Oregon.

Daylight Savings Time Ends - St. Anne's Episcopal Church

Daylight Saving Time Ends this Weekend | Texarkana Today

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SOUND BARRIER WAS BROKEN ON THIS DAY

Watch Modern Marvels Season 9 Episode 21 | HISTORY Channel

U.S. Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager became the first person
to fly faster than the speed of sound.

Yeager, born in Myra, West Virginia, in 1923, was a combat
fighter during
World War II and flew 64 missions over Europe.

He shot down 13 German planes and was himself shot down
over France, but he escaped capture with the assistance of
the French Underground.

After the war, he was among several volunteers chosen to test-
fly the experimental X-1 rocket plane, built by the Bell Aircraft
Company to explore the possibility of supersonic flight.

Chuck Yeager, the first pilot to break the speed of sound dies age 97.

Chuck Yeager: First Pilot To Break Sound Barrier Dies Aged 97
Brigadier General Charles Elwood Yeager
(February 13, 1923 – December 7, 2020)

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