RIP NASA astronaut William Bill Anders 2024, June 7, former NASA astronaut Major General USAF Reserve William "Bill" Anders died in a plane in Washington state, aged 90. (1933 Oct 17 - 2024 Jun 7) USAF test pilot William Anders was selected a NASA astronaut in 1963 and flew as Lunar Module Pilot during Apollo 8 in December 1968. This December 1968 photo shows Bill Anders wearing a NASA-issued Omega Speedmaster 105.012, shortly before Apollo 8 with fellow crew members James Lovell (left) and Frank Borman (middle). Photo: NASA .
90 years old and still piloting…. Impressive, most blokes that age won’t even fly as a passenger, in fact most of the poor old buggers probably couldn’t even climb into the plane!
That crash was wild! Dude was nose-diving. Looks like he was either suddenly incapacitated at the controls or some sort of major flight control surface malfunction/failure. Maybe even suicide.