Congretional Gold Medal for some great aviators
 

Hard to disagree with the awards, if hardly prompt!

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Congretional??


Well deserved awards to men who truly made history. :ok:


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If not for my spelling!

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The three from 11 are 81, and John Glenn is 90. God, that makes me feel old. I can remember being in awe of Glenn's flight, when I was a schoolboy, and Apollo 11 when I was a young pilot.

Theory > Space travel makes you live longer?

Not sure if it's true or if my memory is correct but I thought I read somewhere that Armstrong was not keen on the astronaut physical training program saying something along the lines of "God gave us a finite number of heartbeats - I'm not wasting any on exercise".

Wonderful!

Nice to see the achievements of these special people are still recognised.

"Carrying the Fire" by Mike Collins is one of the most insightful and entertaining aeronautical books I have read.

Respect.

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