Nolan Ryan a 55-mile route. The children were expected to help with the daily tasks. Ryan's family lived in nearby Woodsboro in Refugio County, until they moved to Alvin in Brazoria County, when Nolan was six weeks old. As a young boy, Nolan enjoyed throwing objects at any target. His father thought baseball a better usage for his arm; therefore, he encouraged Nolan to play the game. Ryan joined Alvin Little League Baseball when he was nine, made the all-star team when he was 11 and 12, and pitched the first no-hitter of his life a few years later. Ryan also played
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,