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2 pilots land in Orlando setting world speed record
Kate Santich | Sentinel Staff Writer
9:19 AM EST, December 11, 2008

Ocala pilot CarolAnn Garratt and her co-pilot Carol Foy of Texas landed in Orlando just before 9 a.m. today setting a world speed record and barely beating a strong Florida storm front.

"We did it," Garratt said as well-wishers poured champagne over her head.

The two made the around-the-globe flight in a tiny, single-engine plane in eight days.

Their main mission was to raise money for research on ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease, which claimed the life of Garratt's mother.

Read more about their journey at www.alsworldflight.com.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/...0,596833.story
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