billybob Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Just Breaking... http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/astronaut-and-senator-john-glenn-dies-at-age-95-–-columbus-dispatch/ar-AAlkiTd?ocid=spartanntp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 A wonderful American hero. He was born about an hour north of me, in Cambridge, Ohio. He and his wife are well remembered, here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 this guy lived right on the edge for a long time and still managed to clock 95 years. There were several that didn't clock 30. Good for Glenn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 He certainly had all the right stuff. Good luck on your next journey John, RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babadono Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 God Speed John Glenn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted December 8, 2016 Moderators Share Posted December 8, 2016 Cool dude, you know he has seen and done things very few ever do, and to live to that age. You know he had some stories to tell ! RIP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 RIP Mr. Glenn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Godspeed JG... the right stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjimbo Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 One of my hero's growing up, and still is....RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron167 Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 https://www.nasa.gov/johnglenn RIP Senator Glenn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfbane Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 A great example of what man is capable of on earth and in space. RIP Col. Glen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadog Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 John Glenn and the guys in the early days of the space program inspired a generation of kids to want to do something great. Every boy in my first grade class wanted to be an astronaut or a scientist. RIP Mr. Glenn. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Richard Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Right stuff describes John Glenn exactly. Pilot, astronaut, politician, he excelled at all of that. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 RIP When he left for WWll at 20 years old and just married the girl he loved since they were 10 years old, he told her he was leaving to get a pack of gum. He didn't want to say "I'm leaving for war and don't know when I'll be back" Every day for the rest of her life she carried a pack of gum with her. A true hero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 High Flight Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth, And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds, --and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of --Wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung My eager craft through footless halls of air... Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace Where never lark or even eagle flew -- And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod The high untrespassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Perfect man? No...but a real hero and giant of a man. Godspeed, indeed! Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 While this was all discussed above and Ceptorman nailed it with "High Flight," I am moved to commemorate the passing of a true American hero I am proud to have shared existence on this earth with, John Glenn. In the dictionary next to "the right stuff." Poem copied from Ceptormann above, picture about my favorite of this true giant of a man. Godspeed, John Glenn! High Flight Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth, And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds, --and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of --Wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung My eager craft through footless halls of air... Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace Where never lark or even eagle flew -- And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod The high untrespassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Next Saturday, December 17, is 113th anniversary of Kitty Hawk. It's amazing how far we've come in that short time. Without the skill and courage of men like John Glenn it could not have happened. RIP Col. Glenn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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