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Neil Armstrong Passes At 82

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Just breaking... He appeared to pass from complications following recent heart surgery.

RIP

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While most everyone knows him as the 1st man on the moon. Many do not know he flew 78 missions in Korea, was shot down (and ejected), he was a test pilot at Edwards AFB. Flighing a B-29 Stratofortress dropping rocket planes, then flying the Bell X and X-15 (which he flew to 207,500 feet).

He was the command pilot on Gemini 8 and then he was Comander on Apollo 11.

Those of us who are old enough to remember the 1st landing were so proud, I can not think of anything else in my life that has made me so proud to be an American.

In 1991 Armstrong had a short TV career on an A & E show called First Flights. It was about the history of flight. The best show was filmed at the Reinbeck Aerodrome (in northern Dutchess county). They let him fly a number of WW I and earlier planes.

He will be remembered, long after most others have long faded into history.

RIP

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RIP Neil. You were the greatest explorer of my generation.

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A legend and a gentleman. I remember watching his steps on the moon. May he rest in peace.

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Rest in peace Neil Armstrong. For him it was, "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

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