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Man who flew into space with William Shatner dies in plane crash
Oklahoma's News 4 ^
| November 12, 2021
| AP, Nexstar Media Wire
Posted on 11/12/2021 3:41:44 PM PST by Towed_Jumper
A man who traveled to space with William Shatner last month was killed along with another person when the small plane they were in crashed in a wooded area of northern New Jersey, according to state police.
Glen M. de Vries, 49, of New York City, and Thomas P. Fischer, 54, of Hopatcong, were aboard the single-engine Cessna 172 that went down Thursday.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: shatner; space
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He makes it into space and then ends up dying in a plane crash. Bummer.
To: Towed_Jumper
Remember when he killed his wife?
To: nickcarraway
Who are you referring to?
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posted on
11/12/2021 3:47:49 PM PST
by
Menehune56
("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
To: Towed_Jumper
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posted on
11/12/2021 3:53:28 PM PST
by
Jhadur
("You are not ready for immortality.")
To: Towed_Jumper
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posted on
11/12/2021 3:55:40 PM PST
by
mass55th
("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
To: Towed_Jumper
At least he got to go into space before he died. I’d like to do that too.
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posted on
11/12/2021 3:57:27 PM PST
by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: Jhadur
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posted on
11/12/2021 3:58:32 PM PST
by
algore
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To: Towed_Jumper
To: Towed_Jumper
De Vries, co-founder of a tech company, traveled Oct. 13 aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard spacecraft, spending more than 10 minutes in space after launching along with Shatner and others aboard a ship built by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin company.
De Vries was an instrument-rated private pilot, and Fischer owned a flight school. Authorities have not said who was piloting the small plane.
To: Towed_Jumper
Unfortunately it happens all too often this time of year.
Private Aircraft, warm days and cool nights equals condensed water vapor in the fuel tanks.
The engine quits due to water in the fuel line on full power climb out at low altitude.
Without enough airspeed or altitude to make an emergency landing they crash.
To: Falcon4.0
Private Aircraft, warm days and cool nights equals condensed water vapor in the fuel tanks.
I remember putting that evil ethanol in the fuel tank during the winter so we wouldn’t have frozen gas lines.
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posted on
11/12/2021 4:10:22 PM PST
by
PeterPrinciple
(Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
Someone didn’t push the glorbal wurming agenda hard enough post-flight.
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posted on
11/12/2021 4:14:17 PM PST
by
proust
(All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
To: Towed_Jumper
Sounds like they want it be Shat’s fault, heh.
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posted on
11/12/2021 4:16:04 PM PST
by
SaxxonWoods
(“There are no rules here – we're trying to accomplish something.” -Thomas A. Edison )
To: Sacajaweau
What are the chances...No kidding...it's always amazing how fickle "Fate" can be in this world.
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posted on
11/12/2021 4:35:59 PM PST
by
Towed_Jumper
(Covid-Injektion macht frei)
To: mass55th
But was he vaccinated?This will probably be officially recorded as a Covid-related death.
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posted on
11/12/2021 4:38:00 PM PST
by
Towed_Jumper
(Covid-Injektion macht frei)
To: Towed_Jumper
Reminds me of the Twilight Zone episode where three astronauts went up in space. When they came down, they started disappearing. The final astronaut speculated that they had encountered “something up there” that didn’t want them to come back to Earth, and was coming after them.
To: Towed_Jumper
Shatner is surely taking this hard....
To: mass55th
If he coughed before the plane crashed than yes, its a covid death
To: Falcon4.0
Is there a way to counter the vapor? Add more fuel before flying? Run the plane more minutes before take-off?
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posted on
11/12/2021 5:12:17 PM PST
by
MHT
To: Falcon4.0
Is there a way to counter the vapor? Add more fuel before flying? Run the plane more minutes before take-off?
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posted on
11/12/2021 5:12:39 PM PST
by
MHT
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