I did a little bit of flying in high school, but I've just always been inspired and excited about airplanes.
When I started flying, I realized how enjoyable it was, and flying became my main focus while engineering went on the back burner.
My first date was with Endeavour, and my last date is going to be with Endeavour, as far as space shuttles are concerned.
I remember the first time that I flew on an airplane overseas, it was about when I was seven; it was 1969.
One of my favorite places on the planet is a place in northern Michigan Long Lake in Traverse City.
When you look at the Earth's horizon and see the thickness of the atmosphere, it's not even the thickness of an orange peel.
John Glenn's anniversaries have followed me all of my life. I was born in 1962, the year he orbited Earth.