Joined: 14 Apr 2001 Posts: 144466 Location: The Gold Coast
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 12:44 pm Post subject:
Wow, I saw yesterday that he was hospitalized but hadn't heard he had passed away. What a maverick at one time. _________________ RIP mom. 11-21-1933 to 6-14-2023.
RIP - what an amazing achievement. I don't know what happened in the Keating scandal, but otherwise a wonderful life of service and drive. Met his wife when he was 3 and she was 4 lol. Guess there's some luck beyond the hard work.
Joined: 23 Jun 2005 Posts: 6054 Location: My own little piece of reality
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 10:51 pm Post subject:
RIP He had an extraordinary and amazing life. _________________ “There is always light if only we're brave enough to see it, if only we're brave enough to be it.” --Amanda Gorman
A true hero in every dimension. He had the right stuff.
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“John Glenn? Oh … could he fly an airplane,” Williams once told the Chicago Tribune‘s Bob Greene. “Absolutely fearless. The best I ever saw. It was an honor to fly with him.”
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“This was a man destined for something great; it was an intuitive feeling I had” wrote Williams. “John always had exceptional self-control and was one of the calmest men I have ever met, no matter how perilous the situation.”
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In one especially difficult moment, Williams recalled how Glenn offered advice that helped Williams fly back to base safely. After getting hit by enemy anti-aircraft fire, Williams’s F9F Panther jet was ablaze. Glenn flew next to his wing and pointed up. Flying higher into thinner air, the fire was extinguished, allowing Williams to fly back to base.
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Salute to an American hero. Boldly go John Glenn.
