tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26773117.post8355801980044384670..comments2024-01-15T20:17:19.683+00:00Comments on Legatus' Wargames Armies : John Glenn (July 18th, 1921 – December 8th, 2016)legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26773117.post-35979198189921973772016-12-12T12:25:39.410+00:002016-12-12T12:25:39.410+00:00This is sad - I was reading the latest Guinness Bo...This is sad - I was reading the latest Guinness Book of Records with Hugo last night and at the time of publication John Glenn held a couple of records. Gileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01431052344684945450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26773117.post-42727036203552123252016-12-09T13:59:56.463+00:002016-12-09T13:59:56.463+00:00Indeed so!
Taken in Dubai earlier in the year. Sh...Indeed so!<br />Taken in Dubai earlier in the year. She has just told us she is having a baby in May so she won't look like this for much longer!legatus hedliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26773117.post-31668958641114106162016-12-09T13:51:14.580+00:002016-12-09T13:51:14.580+00:00The Mercury and Gemini astronauts were truly heroi...The Mercury and Gemini astronauts were truly heroic individuals and John Glenn was the foremost amongst them. In these safety-obsessed days, we have little concept of how very dangerous those early spaceflights were and yet the crews went about their work with a stoic, dignified professionalism. As a fellow child of the early Space Age, I was hugely fortunate to attend a talk by Neil Armstrong (and Gene Cernan) only about 18 months before his death. PS. Judging by your much appreciated neighbour's attire, it must be unseasonably warm in Surrey at the moment?Jeremy Ramseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12250118143994161913noreply@blogger.com