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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
Posted on 06/07/2024 8:38:15 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: SaxxonWoods
To: HerrBlucher
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posted on
06/08/2024 2:55:28 AM PDT
by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
To: jdt1138
Pure bullschiff. You need to explain why people who want to keep historical aircraft flying are “some of the worst people on the planet”. As for your claim of “greed”, wtf are you talking about? These aircraft are extremely expensive to buy or restore, and equally expensive to maintain and fly. And the T34 he was flying might technically be called a warbird, but it is a training aircraft that shares a heritage with the Beech Bonanza, an excellent plane that I flew when I was working on my instrument rating.
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posted on
06/08/2024 3:36:38 AM PDT
by
allblues
(God is neither a Republican nor a Democrat but Satan is definitely a Democrat)
To: Morgana
So much for there not being old and bold pilots.
To: Macho MAGA Man
One could have gone out with such an intention — and then had survival instincts kick in.
To: HerrBlucher
“You got to admire anyone who is still flying at age 90. RIP Mr Anders.”
RIP
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posted on
06/08/2024 3:57:35 AM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(The media has one job and even with Constitutional protections they cannot do it.)
To: Morgana
One of my earliest heroes. The Tigers had just won the World Series and Apollo 8 went to the moon on Christmas Eve. RIP
27
posted on
06/08/2024 5:16:25 AM PDT
by
equaviator
(If 60 is the new 40, then 35 must be the new 15.)
To: Governor Dinwiddie
I wonder if he was listening to John Denver music.
To: allblues
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posted on
06/08/2024 5:37:41 AM PDT
by
jdt1138
(Where ever you go, there you are.)
To: jerod
If there was a fireball he had plenty of fuel.
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posted on
06/08/2024 5:43:00 AM PDT
by
chopperk
(are)
To: Wilderness Conservative
Maybe Anders purchased used parts from the same place Denvers got his that killed them both?
31
posted on
06/08/2024 6:00:23 AM PDT
by
chopperk
(are)
To: jdt1138
Hardly. You offered nothing of substance, and I have very little tolerance for BS.
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posted on
06/08/2024 6:24:51 AM PDT
by
allblues
(God is neither a Republican nor a Democrat but Satan is definitely a Democrat)
To: jdt1138
33
posted on
06/08/2024 7:08:50 AM PDT
by
Theophilus
(covfefe)
To: Macho MAGA Man
"I don’t think s. Looks like he was trying to pull the plane of the dive but it was too late."
What caused the dive? Maybe he changed his mind, but it was too late.
I'm ninety-two this month and used to own a Cessna 175 (yes, there was such a thing), but I regretfully gave up flying years ago.
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posted on
06/08/2024 7:22:43 AM PDT
by
Hiddigeigei
("Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish," said Dionysus - Euripides)
To: Morgana
Very sorry to hear this - but makes me wonder what happened, he was a flying ace - but also 90 years old.
35
posted on
06/08/2024 7:34:00 AM PDT
by
Bon of Babble
(You Say You Want a Revolution?)
To: Morgana
Sad but ironic: a guy who routinely shot into space atop thousands of pounds of explosive rocket fuel dies in a plane crash.
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posted on
06/08/2024 8:51:41 AM PDT
by
LS
("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." Jimi Hendrix)
To: Morgana
He suffered a medical issue.
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posted on
06/08/2024 9:07:45 AM PDT
by
chopperk
(are)
To: SaxxonWoods
No able bodied pilot with any experience would put an aircraft in that nose attitude unless he was doing aerobatics. Anders was not conscious.
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posted on
06/08/2024 9:12:14 AM PDT
by
chopperk
(are)
To: Morgana
It looks like he was doing a barrel roll and didn’t make it.
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posted on
06/08/2024 9:13:30 AM PDT
by
Rappini
("No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in it's preservation" MacArthr)
To: All; Morgana
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posted on
06/09/2024 2:36:37 AM PDT
by
Drago
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