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9 June 2024, 05:19 AM
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Apollo 8 Astronaut Bill Anders
Sad to say he crashed today and didn't survive it.
Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders, who circled the Moon with Frank Borman and Jim Lovell, snapped one of the most iconic images of the space age: Earthwise. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/william...hington-state/  He was flying at the age of 90 off the San Juan Island harbor in his own plane...(stock image by USAF Museum) 
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9 June 2024, 05:22 AM
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Sad loss.
I'm not qualified to have judgement here, but I do wonder, why was a 90yo man flying a plane solo? I get that he's a very experienced pilot, but at that age it does seem like asking for trouble.
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9 June 2024, 05:34 AM
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I understand Bas, I think if he passed his FAA Medical then he'd be OK.
We'll have to wait to hear some preliminary news. Was it weather, or airframe failure, etc? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
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9 June 2024, 05:39 AM
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Damn :(
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9 June 2024, 05:53 AM
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Too soon to know what happened. The NTSB investigation will take months. Only then will we have some answers.
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9 June 2024, 06:04 AM
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Yes, too soon. Just checked past weather at time of incident and nothing peculiar.
I've had a few friends auger-in, true answers come long afterward. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
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9 June 2024, 07:00 AM
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Rip
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9 June 2024, 08:21 AM
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This is so sad. May he rest in peace.
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9 June 2024, 08:38 AM
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RIP. The first and only Hong Kong-born astronaut.
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9 June 2024, 08:41 AM
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Yes that's an amazing fact he was born in HK.
I now know how he and some of my friends went in - he was doing acrobatics. A loop went badly and he hit the water. The video is now on National News here in USA - he was having fun right until the final second. https://youtu.be/EcCftcjQ0EU?si=0Y5qBTx2MoLVGXFW Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
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9 June 2024, 08:31 PM
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I’m sure he would rather have it no other way. Rest in peace.
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9 June 2024, 09:07 PM
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Very sad news indeed. May he rest in peace.
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