Monthly Archives: February 2012

John Glenn’s Space Legacy in Bovingdon

Fifty years ago Monday (Feb. 20), John Glenn (now 90 years old)  made history by circling the Earth three times.

 

 

 

 

 

He wasn’t the first person in space, nor the first American. He wasn’t even the first person to orbit the planet. But Glenn’s five-hour flight onboard Friendship 7 set him apart from the space travelers who launched before him and established a lasting legacy that outshone many of those who followed.

 

 

How many I wonder can remember the visit of Friendship 7 to the USSA airbase in Bovingdon a few months later in May 1962.

 

 

 

Herb Friedland sent me this pictures of his stay in Bovingdon back in the early ’60s which includes many pictures of their stay in Bovingdon Airfield.

 

 

 

 

Also an intesting picture of Herbie’s Fiat 500? Anyone knows who owned it?

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Police hunt man who went missing from sheltered home

Saturday morning police and three fire engines where called to Dudley House, after a resident went missing in suspicious circumstances. Officers were concerned for 80-year-old Ron’s safety after he was last seen on Friday evening.

Ron used to live at the Green Dragon Flaunden until 8 years ago when he moved into Dudley House.

Dudley House is a sheltered housing scheme built in 1969. Consisting of 29 one bedroom and two bedroom flats and 5 one and two bedroom bungalows.

The scheme provides independent accommodation for the elderly with the added security of a Supported Housing Officer and 24 hour community alarm service.

After an extensive search of the area and his local venues he was found save and sound.