Glenn flew patrol missions in North China with the VMF-218 squadron, until it was transferred to Guam.

Glenn flew for a time with Ted Williams, a future hall of fame baseball player for the Boston Red Sox, as his wingman.

In 1908 U. S. inventor, businessman and engine builder Glenn Curtiss flew an aileron-controlled aircraft, with wingtip ailerons of a similar form to what the contemporaty Bleriot VIII used, and the famous 1911-vintage Curtiss Model D pusher biplane had interplane ailerons of a similar nature to those on the final form of the Santos = Dumont 14-bis.

Glenn Curtiss made several modifications to the Aerodrome and successfully flew it in 1914 — the Smithsonian Institution thus continued to assert that Langley's Aerodrome was the first machine " capable of flight ".

Laura H. Ingalls flew a Lockheed Air Express, powered by a Pratt & Whitney engine, from Glenn Curtiss Airport, North Beach, NY, on a tour of South America, including a solo flight across the Andes.

After being chosen for Project Mercury in 1959, Carpenter served as backup pilot for John Glenn, who flew the first U. S. orbital mission aboard Friendship 7 in February 1962.

This record was surpassed in 1998 by his fellow Project Mercury astronaut John Glenn, who at the age of 77 flew on space shuttle mission STS-95.

In a similar move taken by the Soviet Union and the United States ( with national space flight heroes Yuri Gagarin and John Glenn, respectively ), an official decision to no longer assign him to spaceflight missions was made ( note: Glenn subsequently flew a second space flight on October 29, 1998, on Space Shuttle Discovery's STS-95 ).

59-year-old Brand was the oldest astronaut to fly into space until Story Musgrave, 61 on STS-80 in 1996, and U. S. Senator John Glenn, 77 when he flew on STS-95 in 1998.

In 1912 Scott contracted to fly for Glenn Martin and became the first female test pilot when she flew Martin prototypes before the final blueprints for the aircraft had been made.

He resigned following investigations into his financial activities and his successor, Glenn Hoddle, similarly left the job for non-footballing reasons after just one international tournament — the 1998 World Cup — in which England were eliminated in the second round again by Argentina and again on penalties ( after a 2 – 2 draw ).

Three decades later, after serving 24 years in the United States Senate, Glenn lifted off for a second space flight on October 29, 1998, on Space Shuttle Discovery's STS-95, in order to study the effects of space flight on the elderly.

According to historian Glenn W. LaFantasie of Western Kentucky University, " ever since 1985, when Ronald Reagan was serving in his second term as president, there have been repeated attempts to repeal the 22nd Amendment ; this proposal has failed repeatedly in Congress, although it is still introduced over and over again.

( Through his second marriage, Edward Bennett Close would become the paternal grandfather of actress Glenn Close.

Tommy Dorsey's band had a hit with an updated version of " Pine Top's Boogie Woogie " in 1938, which was the swing era's second best seller, only second to Glenn Miller's " In the Mood ".

This new company did not go well, and Glenn Martin left it to form a second Glenn L. Martin Company on September 10, 1917.

He was second only to Glenn Miller as the most successful recording artist of 1942.

Following the release of the band's second album, Maybe I'll Catch Fire ( 2000 ), Glenn Porter left the band and was replaced by Mike Felumlee for its subsequent album, From Here to Infirmary ( 2001 ).

At the time of his flight, Beregovoy was 47 years of age: he was the earliest-born human to go to orbit, being born three months and three days earlier than the second earliest-born man in orbit – John Glenn, but later than X-15 pilot Joe Walker who made 2 ( or 3, according to USAF definition ) suborbital space flights.

Four players have specifically finished second in consecutive years: Glenn Davis ( second in 1944 and 1945, winner in 1946 ), Charlie Justice ( second 1948 and 1949 ), Darren McFadden ( second 2006 and 2007 ) and Andrew Luck ( second 2010 and 2011 ).

The idea of an indoor shopping center with a hotel was envisioned in the 1940s by oilman Glenn H. McCarthy where a second phase was to include the Shamrock Hotel ; this concept was scrapped right after the Hilton Hotel franchise took over the Shamrock in 1955.

Carpenter was the second American to orbit the Earth and the fourth American in space, following Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom and John Glenn.

A new producer and director ( Mark Mylod and Glenn Wilhide ) were called in to help them make a second attempt.

It was a highly publicized mission due to former Project Mercury astronaut and United States Senator John H. Glenn, Jr .' s return to space for his second space flight.

Unholy Passion is the second release by Samhain, Glenn Danzig's band after the disbanding of The Misfits.

Buckley then followed Glenn Close as Norma Desmond in the second year of the Broadway production.

During the Korean War, Williams also served in the same Marine Corps unit with John Glenn, and in the last half of his missions, Williams was flying as Glenn's wingman.

After bending northward near NY 102 ( Front Street ), the parkway crosses under Glenn Curtiss Boulevard, crossing past Rexcorp Plaza before entering exit M5, which serves NY 24 ( Hempstead Turnpike ), Charles Lindbergh Boulevard, Korean War Veterans Memorial Drive and Eisenhower Park via a series of service road junctions.

Glenn was a combat aviator in the Marine Corps and one of the Mercury Seven, who were the elite U. S. military test pilots selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ) to operate the experimental Mercury spacecraft and become the first American astronauts.

On October 1, 1915, he was sent by Glenn Curtiss to Russia as the company's test pilot and trainer of Russian pilots flying Curtiss airplanes in combat during World War I.

Glenn Danzig had announced his intention to retire from touring following these, though he later contradicted this by announcing a Danzig 20th anniversary tour in 2008.

In August 2008, Glenn Danzig announced that Danzig ( the band ) would do a 20th anniversary tour, celebrating the release of their self-titled debut album.

Glenn Hughes left the band after the 1973 tour to replace Roger Glover in Deep Purple.

In 1999, Bolin's former Deep Purple bandmate and good friend Glenn Hughes, embarked on a 4-5 city tribute tour in Texas.

Shortly after doing their first US tour the band was invited to join the Blackest of the Black Tour by Glenn Danzig.

In January 2000, he was picked up in the Indian squad for the Australian tour and made 167 in the third and final Test match when the rest of the batsmen struggled to cope with Glenn McGrath's destructive bowling at Sydney, a rare high point for India in an otherwise disastrous tour.

In 1984, prior to a significant US tour, Pike and Weissman left the group, with Pike going on to join a formative version of Glenn Danzig's group Samhain briefly around this time.

Glenn Symmonds had been Eddie Money's drummer since 1974, departing to record and tour with ex-Santana percussionist Coke Escovedo.

After Glenn Miller joined the Army in 1942, she went with fellow Miller performers Tex Beneke and the Modernaires on a theater tour.

Back in Los Angeles, Australian singer Glenn Shorrock ( ex-Little River Band ) asked her to provide backing vocals on his solo album Villain of the Peace ( 1982 ) and to join him on his subsequent six week tour of Australia in 1983.

While on a helicopter tour over downtown Toronto, Tod Stiles and Linc Case ( Martin Milner and Glenn Corbett, respectively ) spot a quintet of girl musicians ( two were played by Lynda Day and Jessica Walter ), who were stranded in the city, sleeping on the benches in the covered north grandstand.

On tour for Measure for Measure, Icehouse were Davies, Kretschmer, Lloyd and Qunta with Glenn Krawczyk on bass ( replacing new member Vito Portolesi after nine shows ) and Paul Wheeler on drums.

With the unavailability of Glenn McGrath for the tour of South Africa in March – April 2006, Lee became the spearhead of the Australian bowling lineup.

At about this time, Rick Dougherty also left the Limeliters to go on tour with Glenn Yarbrough, and former Brothers Four member Dick Foley.

At the Young Vic he directed A Servant To Two Masters ( national & international tour & West End ), As I Lay Dying, Twelfth Night, Blood Wedding, The Jungle Book, Grimm Tales (& international tour ), More Grimm Tales (& Broadway ), The Slab Boys Trilogy, Oedipus ; for the National Theatre: Haroun and the Sea of Stories, The Epic of Gilgamesh, Billy Liar ( national tour ), Accidental Death of an Anarchist ( national tour ), Whale, Romeo and Juliet, The Villains Opera ; for the RSC: Midnight ’ s Children ( Barbican, national tour & Apollo Theatre, New York ), Love in a Wood, Tales from Ovid ( Young Vic ), The Comedy of Errors ( national / international tour & Young Vic ), Spring Awakening: for Kenneth Branagh ’ s Renaissance Theatre Company: Coriolanus ( with Branagh, Judi Dench, Richard Briers and Iain Glenn ) and Traveling Tales.

In keeping with the " blokey " style of many tour diaries, Todd refers to all players and support staff by their nicknames and not their real names ( for example, " Pigeon " is Glenn McGrath and " Dizzy " is Jason Gillespie ).

Those who attended the 2005 Glenn Beck: On Ice tour received the premiere issue ( July 2005 ), featuring a puppet-like replication of Beck ice skating with training wheels on the cover.