Godspeed, John Glenn

[Randy Daytona]

Sad news today. One of aviation's greatest has passed on.

John Glenn, whose 1962 flight as the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth made him an all-American hero and propelled him to a long career in the U.S. Senate, died Thursday. The last survivor of the original Mercury 7 astronauts was 95.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-astronaut-us-sen-john-glenn-ohio-died-203210458.html

 

[Pags]

Combat missions in WWII and Korea. Three MiG kills. Test Pilot. Six DFCs. 18 Air Medals. First transcontinental supersonic flight. Astronaut. Senator. Damn.

 

[IKE]

Combat missions in WWII and Korea. Three MiG kills. Test Pilot. Six DFCs. 18 Air Medals. First transcontinental supersonic flight. Astronaut. Senator. Damn.

You forgot: married woman 22 years younger than him

 

[Recovering LSO]

NSFW.

 

[Pags]

You forgot: married woman 22 years younger than him

Huh? Wikipedia says she was born in 1920 and he was born in 1921. They were married in 1943.

 

[Pags]

Combat missions in WWII and Korea. Three MiG kills. Test Pilot. Six DFCs. 18 Air Medals. First transcontinental supersonic flight. Astronaut. Senator. Damn.

And who flies on the wing of a man like this? The Splendid Splinter, Ted Williams.

 

[Treetop Flyer]

John Glenn was a member of my squadron 60 years before I got there. AirWarriors member VSTOLER sent him this picture, which he signed: "Dear Tomcats: Don't overfly a AAA position twice"

It hangs in the squadron bar, the Glenn Room.

 

[jmcquate]

Semper Fi "Mig Mad Marine"

 

[BenDog]

Sad day....the last of the Mercury 7. Dad with Glenn and Shepard. Dad served as PAO during Mercury. The family received Christmas cards from John and Anne for years......

 

[Rockriver]

And who flies on the wing of a man like this? The Splendid Splinter, Ted Williams.

Here's an article about that friendship.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/12/10/when-john-glenn-saved-ted-williams-s-life.html

 

[nittany03]

John Glenn was a member of my squadron 60 years before I got there. AirWarriors member VSTOLER sent him this picture, which he signed: "Dear Tomcats: Don't overfly a AAA position twice"

It hangs in the squadron bar, the Glenn Room.

"Ol' Magnet Ass," indeed.

Huh? Wikipedia says she was born in 1920 and he was born in 1921. They were married in 1943.

And he married a woman who worked through some significant personal handicaps, but by all means, let's make juvenile jokes about banging younger women. </SARCASM>

 

[BenDog]

If anyone wishes to donate or follow services for Col. Glenn

http://astronautscholarship.org/

http://glenn.osu.edu/

 

[IKE]

Huh? Wikipedia says she was born in 1920 and he was born in 1921. They were married in 1943.

I meant: married an older woman. Gotta stop posting drunk.