John Glenn is reported to have passed away

[Grey Havoc]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38257445

Ad Astra

Rest in Peace.

 

[Grey Havoc]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh3voZ6T7HA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUSXGjiBvYE

 

[_Del_]

Quite sad, if true.

 

[Grey Havoc]

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/08/health/john-glenn-dead/index.html

 

[yasotay]

One of my childhood hero's. He showed the way.

Ad Astra, and may God grant you the wonderments of his heavens.

 

[Grey Havoc]

Some more pieces, via the Drudge Report:

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/12/john-glenn/john-glenn.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/08/us/john-glenn-dies.html
http://www.post-gazette.com/news/obituaries/2016/12/08/Astronaut-Ohio-Senator-John-Glenn-dies-at-95-in-Columbus/stories/201612080085

 

[Archibald]

Ah merde alors.

 

[icyplanetnhc (Steve)]

Godspeed. Ad astra.

He is a real inspiration.

 

[Grey Havoc]

http://phys.org/news/2016-12-american-astronauts-dead.html

On a tangent, a old SPF topic from 2012: http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,14549.0.html

 

[Graham1973]

Hail and farewell... An era truly has ended.

 

[Grey Havoc]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVB5dg7XX_g

 

[Grey Havoc]

http://aviationweek.com/blog/john-glenns-1962-mercury-pilot-report-aviation-week

 

[Flyaway]

This was just put up by the BBC Archive You Tube channel.

1962 Cocoa Beech, John Glenn and the Space Project:

View: https://youtu.be/xZSnFfUBDME?si=P_VL6Xh54JLyMHax