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  1. Foo Fighter

    Jim Lovell. RIP.

    Just heard another starman has passed beyond the reach of mortal earth. Reaching for the stars in perpetuity. RIP, Sir.
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  2. K

    World's top jet ace dies

    https://theaviationgeekclub.com/giora-epstein-legendary-israeli-fighter-pilot-and-worlds-top-jet-era-ace-dies-at-87/
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  3. The K2

    Astronaut Joe Engle passes away

    https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/pilot-astronaut-joe-engle Didn’t see anything on the evening news on TV about this. Sad.
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  4. RavenOne

    Learn to Test, Test to Learn: The Empire Test Pilots School 80th anniversary

    The worlds first test pilots school, our Empire Test Pilots School opened its doors for the first students in 1943, with the first fixed wing course and 2 decades later the first rotary wing course started. One of the graduates of the 1960s course was the late NASA Astronaut Al Worden who passed...
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  5. Grey Havoc

    Valery Polyakov RIP (20th September, 2022)

    Thought there was a thread on this already, my apologies for the belated post. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62964177 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/19/science/valery-polyakov-dead.html https://www.astronomy.com/news/2022/09/valeri-polyakov-record-breaking-cosmonaut-dies-at-age-80...
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  6. Archibald

    Mike Collins has passed away... :(

    As said in the tin. Now Buzz Aldrin is all alone as the last Apollo 11 crew still standing. The way things go, no Apollo crew veteran will be left by 2024 to see a tentative return to the Moon...
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  7. S

    RIP John Farley

    Sad news, John Farley has passed away. https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/obituary-john-farley-the-harriers-champion-449661/
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  8. Grey Havoc

    Edgar Mitchell, last surviving member of Apollo 14 mission, passes away

    http://gizmodo.com/rip-apollo-14-astronaut-edgar-mitchell-the-sixth-man-t-1757382904 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35506000 http://edition.cnn.com/2016/02/05/us/edgar-mitchell-moon-astronaut-dies-obit-feat/index.html...
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  9. Grey Havoc

    Scott Carpenter passes on

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24485864# http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?231212-Scott-Carpenter-RIP http://science.slashdot.org/story/13/10/10/2032208/mercury-astronaut-scott-carpenter-dies-at-88...
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  10. flateric

    Vladimir Sergeevich Ilyushin 31-03-1927 - 01-03-2010

    Vladimir Sergeevich Ilyushin was born on 31 March, 1927, the eldest son of leading Soviet aircraft designer Sergei Vladimirovich Ilyushin. Ilyushin's father was a favoured member of the Soviet establishment. It may be noted that aircraft designer Tupolev blamed Ilyushin's father for the...
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
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