Gus Grissom’s Birthday

[Alamo]

3 April 1926: Virgil Ivan Grissom was born at Mitchell, Indiana, the second of five children of Dennis David Grissom, an electrician, and Cecile King Grissom. “Gus” Grissom attended Mitchell High School, graduating in 1944. He was a member of the Hi-Y Club, the Camera Club, and the Signal Club.

More here:

Virgil Ivan Grissom (3 April 1926 – 27 January 1967) | This Day in Aviation

 

[PGRChaplain]

Very nice Museum dedicated to him at Spring Mill State Park.

 

[KellyinAvon]

Very nice Museum dedicated to him at Spring Mill State Park.

That Gemini capsule looks like a can.

 

[MindfulMan]

That Gemini capsule looks like a can.

 

[BigRed]

That Gemini capsule looks like a can.

When men were men.

 

[Mikey1911]

The Gusmobile!
McDonnell almost made it too small for anybody but Gus and maybe Pete Conrad.

 

[MrSmitty]

If it weren’t for “The Fire” Gus would have been the first on the moon, they said he was a “Pilots pilot” and a danged good engineer.., He DID go to Purdue, as did the first man, Neil Armstrong and last man to walk on the moon, Gene Cernan.

 

[KellyinAvon]

If it weren’t for “The Fire” Gus would have been the first on the moon, they said he was a “Pilots pilot” and a danged good engineer.., He DID go to Purdue, as did the first man, Neil Armstrong and last man to walk on the moon, Gene Cernan.

Also flew F-86 Sabres over MiG Alley. Was in the 51st Fighter Wing at Osan.

 

[KokomoDave]

Of course the Grissom airbase is nearby.