John Glenn, RIP

JohnInCarolina

One of the greatest Americans to ever live.  They don't make them like that any more.

bgebrent

Rocked along to 95.  Amazing life!

nolaegghead

I've always admired that guy.   I wish everyone on this forum was a John Glenn.

logchief

bgebrent said:

Rocked along to 95.  Amazing life!

Yes it was.  He was a student pilot during WWII at the flight school in Corpus Christi, TX where my father was an instructor.

GATraveller

Amazing man of God.  

JohnnyTarheel

An American Hero!!

SciAggie

nolaegghead said:

I've always admired that guy.   I wish everyone on this forum was a John Glenn.

I could not agree more. I wish more people in this country had his spirit.

nolaegghead

GATraveller said:

Amazing man of God.  

God created everything according to popular dogma, so everything is "of god".  Right? 

nolaegghead

I think amazing is an amazing word.

JohnInCarolina

nolaegghead said:

I think amazing is an amazing word.

It's pretty remarkable, isn't it?

JohnInCarolina

Major John Glenn & Captain Ted Williams discussing aerial maneuvers at K-3 Air Force Base in South Korea (1953).

SGH

GATraveller said:

Amazing man of God.  

JohnnyTarheel said:

An American Hero!!

He was both of the above indeed. He was also a brother Mason. He belonged to Concord Lodge #688. 
Keep to the East in your travels brother Glenn.

And may the Light guide you safely to Celestial Lodge above. 

Truly a great man, a great American, and a great brother Mason. Travel well my brother. 

nolaegghead

@SGH - I'm glad you're ok with him having been a "dumbocrat" (in your words).

Austin Egghead

High Flight

John Gillespie Magee, Jr

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.

RIP John Glenn

ryantt

What amazes me about all of the early  astronauts, is how fearless they seemed to be.  I can imagine John hearing them say well there's a 1 in 4 chance your not going to make it... and him asking what time they launch. 

nolaegghead

Being an astronaut is about 60 times more dangerous than logging.   Those guys had to be brave.

JohnInCarolina

ryantt said:

What amazes me about all of the early  astronauts, is how fearless they seemed to be.  I can imagine John hearing them say well there's a 1 in 4 chance your not going to make it... and him asking what time they launch. 

Bravery isn't the absence of fear, but action in the face of fear.

JohnInCarolina

nolaegghead said:

@SGH - I'm glad you're ok with him having been a "dumbocrat" (in your words).  

Not just a Democrat.  Glenn was pro-choice, supported gun control, and believed in affirmative action. An American hero in more ways than one. Rest in peace.

SGH

JohnInCarolina said:

nolaegghead said:

@SGH - I'm glad you're ok with him having been a "dumbocrat" (in your words).  

Not just a Democrat.  Glenn was pro-choice, supported gun control, and believed in affirmative action. An American hero in more ways than one. Rest in peace.

I certainly did not say that he was perfect. But because he was a brother Mason I still respect him even though he had some stupid views. Heck Nola has some stupid views but I love him like a brother. 

Botch

PBS reported tonight that Glenn's wife, 96 (!!) went to the supermarket when she heard he'd passed, because she knew "the house was going to have a lot of visitors"!  
I was working at Thiokol when Glenn took his Space Shuttle flight, and got to read the background about his suggestion to send an old former astronaut into space, for "medical research", NASA's reply that it wasn't in their plans, and SENATOR Glenn's restriction of funding until someone's plans "changed".  Millions of dollars so one guy can do one more "ride" (exact same thing happened with the "honorable" SENATOR Jake Garn, R-utard, who had to be nursed by the astronauts the entire flight while he threw up).  
Like h r clinton and patreus, politics induced a rot that ate away any integrity in certain folks' lifetimes.  fwiw.    

Fred19Flintstone

I remember thinking that shuttle ride was so much BS when it happened, but I choose to remember Glenn for his heroic deeds. 

nolaegghead

Fred19Flintstone said:

I remember thinking that shuttle ride was so much BS when it happened, but I choose to remember Glenn for his heroic deeds. 

I agree with Fred, probably for this first time ever.

Fred19Flintstone

nolaegghead said:

Fred19Flintstone said:

I remember thinking that shuttle ride was so much BS when it happened, but I choose to remember Glenn for his heroic deeds. 

I agree with Fred, probably for this first time ever.

  

nolaegghead

Fred19Flintstone said:

nolaegghead said:

Fred19Flintstone said:

I remember thinking that shuttle ride was so much BS when it happened, but I choose to remember Glenn for his heroic deeds. 

I agree with Fred, probably for this first time ever.

  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Botch

Didn't mean to throw a turd in the punchbowl, but most if not all "heroes", with their massive "drive", have their faults.  

JohnInCarolina

nolaegghead said:

Fred19Flintstone said:

nolaegghead said:

Fred19Flintstone said:

I remember thinking that shuttle ride was so much BS when it happened, but I choose to remember Glenn for his heroic deeds. 

I agree with Fred, probably for this first time ever.

  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Would've been cooler had you spelled out NASA with all of those.  Just sayin'

bgebrent

nolaegghead said:

Fred19Flintstone said:

nolaegghead said:

Fred19Flintstone said:

I remember thinking that shuttle ride was so much BS when it happened, but I choose to remember Glenn for his heroic deeds. 

I agree with Fred, probably for this first time ever.

  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Duke fag.  Always unaccountable.  

DuckDogDr

Me and a buddy were talking about this at work. Sadly one girl asked who he was

Eggcelsior

             
       
     
         

                  
                   
               
                     

                     
                     
                     
                                   
                     

                                         
                                         
                                       
                                             

bhedges1987

Greg Lake also passed away. One of the greater musicians of our time. 

Hokie_Smoker

JohnInCarolina said:

Major John Glenn & Captain Ted Williams discussing aerial maneuvers at K-3 Air Force Base in South Korea (1953).

I think the caption is wrong, Glenn was asking why Ted had problems hitting the curve from southpaws.