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Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders' plane crashes northwest of Seattle
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Posted on 06/07/2024 4:48:31 PM PDT by janetjanet998

Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders' plane crashes northwest of Seattle. Search and rescue underway


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: apollo; apollo8; astronaut; astronomy; aviation; science; seattle; washington; williamanders
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To: janetjanet998

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BREAKING: Former astronaut William Anders who took iconic Earthrise photo has died in Washington plane crash


41 posted on 06/07/2024 5:34:19 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: janetjanet998

It appears he was doing some sort of stunt, maybe a loop. He didn’t have quite enough altitude to recover. It did not look survivable IMO.


42 posted on 06/07/2024 5:34:38 PM PDT by ETCM (“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
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To: Jane Long
Thanks for that important memory trigger!

Anders: Oh my God! Look at that picture over there! There's the Earth coming up. Wow, that's pretty.
Borman: Hey, don't take that, it's not scheduled. (joking)[1]
Anders: (laughs) You got a color film, Jim?
Hand me that roll of color quick, would you...
Lovell: Oh man, that's great!

There were many images taken at that point. The mission audio tape establishes several photographs were taken, on Borman's orders, with the enthusiastic concurrence of Jim Lovell and Anders. Anders took the first color shot, then Lovell who notes the setting (1/250th of a second at f/11), followed by Anders with another very similar shot (AS08-14-2384).

AS08-14-2383 (21713574299), from which Earthrise was cropped. The photo is displayed here in its original orientation as seen by the crew of Apollo 8. Lunar north is up.[10]

Earthrise


43 posted on 06/07/2024 5:38:07 PM PDT by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". 🔴 Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Frank Borman just died in November.


44 posted on 06/07/2024 5:41:46 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: pfflier

How interesting. Thanks for the link. My husband’s good friend from teenage summer vacations in San Diego was Tom Friedkin (my husband’s divorced parents, (Mom in L. A., Dad in San Diego). Tom’s dad started PSA. He had war planes kept in Carlsbad, CA. My husband used to fly in to see him. He had hangars there for his and her (wife) airplanes..

Convair? San Diego? My father in law worked for Consolidated Vultee in San Diego (?) - before my time in the family..

My husband used to speak of Tom as a millionaire. I ran across his obit and I told my husband, “Tommy wasn’t a millionaire. He was a billionaire.”


45 posted on 06/07/2024 5:42:15 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: janetjanet998; All

His museum has 3 T-34’s:

https://heritageflight.org/aircraft/beechcraft-t-34/

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

https://heritageflight.org

(His 2 sons also involved with the museum).


46 posted on 06/07/2024 5:42:18 PM PDT by Drago
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To: C210N; dfwgator; null and void

T-34 Mentor


47 posted on 06/07/2024 5:45:16 PM PDT by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". 🔴 Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
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To: janetjanet998

Bookmark


48 posted on 06/07/2024 5:46:10 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (God save the United States!)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Thanks for that information. An awesome photo and I never gave any thought about who took it.


49 posted on 06/07/2024 5:46:36 PM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: mware

He likely died at the controls before the crash.


50 posted on 06/07/2024 5:53:21 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: janetjanet998

I’d wager suicide. Decided to leave doing what he loved.


51 posted on 06/07/2024 5:58:01 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: mware

No. This one was a a high throttle setting and clearly had fuel.


52 posted on 06/07/2024 5:58:43 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: Thank You Rush

There’s nothing like the sound of a P-51. The B-17 and B-24 WW II bombers with four radials all sounded cool, too.


53 posted on 06/07/2024 5:59:55 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: mware; Jane Long

Foolish idiocy.
John Denver ran out of gas over the ocean AND didn’t have the skill to glide down to the surface, if that might have saved him.
Not at all the case with Anders.


54 posted on 06/07/2024 6:02:47 PM PDT by A strike (no tyranny that cannot be justified by 'climate change')
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To: tennmountainman
What was he doing with a Pilots License at that age?

Flying.

55 posted on 06/07/2024 6:09:48 PM PDT by null and void (“No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up”. ~ Lily Tomlin)
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To: A strike; mware

🙄

So says A strike....we can have a memory based on whatever we want to, foolish thought police.

56 posted on 06/07/2024 6:12:36 PM PDT by Jane Long (The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded letters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)
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To: mware
Seriously?, you suggest this case of an astronaut pilot to that of a lightweight music player ?
57 posted on 06/07/2024 6:12:40 PM PDT by A strike (no tyranny that cannot be justified by 'climate change')
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To: janetjanet998

The first of that looks like he was either split-S-ing or coming out of the top of a loop. The arc looked smooth, like he was in control, but just didn’t have enough airspace to pull up in.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_S

That’s one of the three things that will never do a pilot any good.

All the runway that’s behind you.
All the air that’s above you.
And all the fuel that’s on the ground.


58 posted on 06/07/2024 6:14:29 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

“There’s nothing like the sound of a P-51.”

Certainly. I’ve heard it a few times with the turbo supercharger whine. Pretty impressive at low altitude flybys.

However, it is far exceeded by the sound of a fully loaded F-16 taking off with maximum throttle afterburner from 100 meters distance. THAT is power! A giant sheet being ripped apart. Unforgettable.


60 posted on 06/07/2024 6:15:35 PM PDT by Justa (Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people....)
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