William Anders dies in Beach A-45 crash

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Commiserations and sympathies to the family and friends of this iconic astronaut, pilot and photographer.

Ex-astronaut who died in Washington plane crash was doing a flyby near a friend's home, NTSB says - ABC News (go.com)

William Anders, Apollo 8 astronaut who took Earthrise photo, dies in plane crash | AP News

Accident Beechcraft T-34A (A45) Mentor N268AF, Friday 7 June 2024 (flightsafety.org)

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Well. I was here in this forum when Jet Aviation engineer Joe Sutter died, and without him I'd probably never become a jetphotos member, at least not with this nickname.
Joe Sutter (March 21st 1921 - August 30th 2016), from Seattle WA, better known as the man who invented the Boeing type 747 in 1965 . 95 years old and probably still full of ideas
when he closed his eyes for the very last time with a smile. I assume that it happened with a smile, because he smiled on alot of photos.

But you don't have to call me the jetphotos gravedigger, only because I like to honor old dead men, most of them the generation father of my father.

William Anders, born 1933 in Hong Kong, was an astronaut and a USAF two star General and pilot, who obviously died in an aviation crash, when he flew his own Beech T-34 Mentor,
which is a single engined two seated military propeller, first flight December 1948 .
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Anders_(Astronaut)

General W. Anders died June 7th 2024 at the age of 90 on board his own Beech T-34 Mentor.

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***was doing a flyby near a friend's home***

Tomteria?