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Brrmmmm. the sound of the engine roars to life as the small plane rumbles down the runway and ascends quickly into the sky. On board the 1971 Grumman Yankee AA-1A is longtime veteran pilot Kim Muinch and his fearless passenger, 16-year-old Lucas Tracy, a junior at Ridgeview High School in Redmond. Just a few miles away, 17-year-old Sisters High School senior Mary Root is completing her preflight checklist before taking the helm of a single-engine Cessna 120 tailwheel light aircraft. Lucas and Mary are not like other students their age. While the closest most teenagers get to a cockpit is via online video games, these two teens are part of the thriving youth aviation scene here in Central Oregon.
NWS-Pendleton
Although nearly half an inch of snow fell; Prineville much the same
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) The year 2021 started out as 2020 ended, in terms of Bend being warmer than normal and despite nearly a half-foot of snow falling during January, precipitation also held below normal, the National Weather Service said Monday.
According to preliminary data received by the NWS regional office in Pendleton temperatures at Bend Airport averaged warmer than normal during the month.
Bend s average temperature was 35.5 degrees, which was 2.8 degrees above normal. High temperatures averaged 44.6 degrees, which was 3.5 degrees above normal. The highest was 54 degrees on the 16th.