Nolan Ryan congressional district; his hometown of Alvin was located in the district. On April 7, 2011, Todd Staples announced that Nolan Ryan would be his statewide chairman for his exploratory committee for lieutenant governor. Ryan is quoted as saying, "Todd Staples is the top prospect for the Texas Republican Party in 2014." Staples, however, lost out in that race to current Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick of Houston. Nolan Ryan Lynn Nolan Ryan Jr. (born January 31, 1947), nicknamed The Ryan Express, is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher and a previous chief executive officer (CEO) of the Texas Rangers. He
Gabardini G.9 Victor Emmanuel III (1869-1947), King of Italy (1900-1946), visited Cameri airfield, where he observed a demonstration of the G.9"bis". Flown by Lodovico Zanibelli, the G.9"bis" achieved a maximum speed of 250 kilometers per hour (155 miles per hour) during the demonstration. However, the "Regia Aeronautica" was no more interested in the G.9"bis" version of the aircraft than it had been in the G.9 version, and no production order resulted. Gabardini G.9 The Gabardini G.9 was an Italian single-seat biplane fighter prototype produced by Gabardini in 1923. Gabardini designed the G.9 in parallel with its work on its first fighter design,