Feb 21 1966
From The Space Library
Former Astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr., consultant to NASA Administrator James E. Webb, attended dinner in Rangoon, Burma, given in his honor by Burma’s Foreign Minister U Thi Han. In Burma on a good-will tour, Glenn earlier had given an illustrated lecture on US. space program. ‘‘(AP, NYT, 2/22/66, 4)’’
Russian-born Igor I. Sikorsky, “father of the helicopter,” was honored as Air Force Man of the Year by the New York chapter of the Air Force Assn. He was cited especially for the outstanding work helicopters had done in the Vietnam war. ‘‘(N.Y. News, 2/21/66)’’
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