Funeral to be held for pioneering aviator Col. Joe Kittinger in Orlando
ORLANDO, Fla. — A funeral service will be held Saturday morning for U.S. Air Force Col. Joseph Kittinger, Action News Jax's Orlando sister station ...
ORLANDO, Fla. — A funeral service will be held Saturday morning for U.S. Air Force Col. Joseph Kittinger, Action News Jax's Orlando sister station WFTV reports.Saturday's celebration of life service will be held at 11 a.m. at First Orlando -- previously known as First Baptist Orlando -- located at 3000 South John Young Parkway.Kittinger, who died Dec. 9 at age 94, was an internationally renowned pilot and balloonist who set the record for the highest parachute jump and freefall Aug. 16, 1960, as part of Project Excelsior.