William Anders dies in plane crash: Apollo 8 astronaut, 90, named as pilot killed in Washington fireball smash

Daily Mail UK ^ | June 7, 2024 | James Gordon

[Morgana]

He was still flying at that age.

RIP William Anders Over the Moon

[Drago]

Also here: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4242946/posts

His aviation museum that his 2 sons also help to run:

https://heritageflight.org

https://heritageflight.org/about/maj-gen-bill-anders/

[jerod]

He went out in a blaze of glory. RIP

[HerrBlucher]

You got to admire anyone who is still flying at age 90. RIP Mr Anders.

[Dr. Franklin]

“Better to burn out than fade away.”

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

RIP.

[lee martell]

Some commenters on Daily Mail, who claim to also be longtime pilots, speculate that this 90 year old still able flyer decided to take himself out in this fashion: quick and firey, vs stick around in a nursing home, barely living.
He did make sure to fly alone, and with no other companion aircraft following his wake. We may never know.

[Georgia Girl 2]

One foot in the grave and one foot on the pedal.

[Macho MAGA Man]

(Some commenters on Daily Mail, who claim to also be longtime pilots, speculate that this 90 year old still able flyer decided to take himself out in this fashion)

I don’t think s. Looks like he was trying to pull the plane of the dive but it was too late.

[Macho MAGA Man]

Meant I don’t think so.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

At least he died doing what he loved.

[SaxxonWoods]

“Looks like he was trying to pull the plane of the dive”

I agree.

[higgmeister]

Borman, Lovell and Anders read the Christmas story without permission and I still remember it.

RIP William Anders.

[higgmeister]

I misremembered it.   It was The Creation from the Book of Genesis.

[21twelve]

I’d rather die doing something that I hated.
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Then I wouldn’t have to do it anymore!

[21twelve]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ0xo1NcHK0

Here is a video from 6 years ago, probably in the plane that crashed. Beautiful! He also took the “Earthrise” photo.

[roving]

I wouldn’t get into a plane if it had a 90 year old pilot.

[jdt1138]

This just makes everyone in GA look bad. I find that people that own warbirds are some of the worst people on the planet and this is an entire family of warbird owners. Too bad that Anders chose this lifestyle of greed and ended it in such an embarrassing way.

[The Free Engineer]

One of the first men see the moon’s far side in person.

[Bonemaker]

“I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying. I don't want to live on in the hearts of my countrymen; I want to live on in my apartment.”

Woody Allen