The 49-year-old businessman worked to extend people’s lives with a company that specializes in computer programs for tracking clinical trials in the pharmaceutical industry.
49-year-old billionaire Glen de Vries survived a space trip in October with actor William Shatner. Less than a month later, however, he died in a crash on a small Cessna plane in New Jersey.
A month ago, Jeff Bezos’ American company Blue Origin launched the New Shepard spacecraft with four space tourists on board, which landed after a 10-minute flight to space. The launch, flight and landing were broadcast on the website of Jeff Bezos’ company.
The space tourists who flew were Chris Boshuaisen, a former NASA engineer and co-founder of Planet Labs, Glen de Vries, co-founder of Media Solutions, Audrey Powers, vice president of Blue Origin.
and the actor, William Shatner,
known for the role of
Captain Kirk in the series “Star Trek”
He is 90 years old and became the oldest man to fly into space.
Their flight lasted about ten minutes, and the ship rose to a height of about 106 km above the Earth.
De Vries never revealed how much he paid for a seat on the New Shepard spacecraft. But whatever the amount, after returning to Earth, De Vries told CNN it was worth it.
The small Cessna plane on which businessman Glen de Vries flew was crashed in Sussex County. There was another person on board the plane – 54-year-old Thomas Fisher, who also died.
We are devastated to learn of the sudden death of Glen de Vries. He brought so much life and energy to the entire Blue Origin team, Jeff Bezos’ company wrote on Twitter.
Glen de Vries is a co-founder of Media Solutions, a company founded in 1999 that specializes in computer programs for tracking clinical trials for the pharmaceutical industry. It was purchased in 2019 by Daso Systems.
“I’ve spent my entire career working to extend people’s lives,” De Vries said in a statement from Blue Origin before his space mission. “However, with limited materials and energy on Earth, expanding our reach in space can help humanity continue to thrive.”
New Jersey police said the plane crashed in a wooded area about 40 miles northwest of New York on Thursday afternoon. According to the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), the Cessna 172, a four-seater aircraft used for training and recreational flights, was involved in a fatal crash in “unknown circumstances in a heavily forested area” on Thursday.
It’s De Vries certified
as a private pilot
with an instrumental rating that allows it to fly in the clouds.
He began his pilot training with his friend Fisher in February 2016. Glen de Vries often posted information about his flights on social media and even bought his own single-engine Diamond aircraft in 2020. In an Instagram post from early October De Vries displayed an FAA pilot’s badge as he posed with his plane. The badge is given to pilots who maintain knowledge of the basics of the flight to help mitigate accidents due to pilot errors, lack of skills and incorrect knowledge, according to the FAA website.
And legends like Gagarin go on a training plane
Yuri Gagarin is a legend. The first man to fly in space is an idol of hundreds today. Even Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos quote him as their inspiration.
More than 50 years after his death, it remains a mystery. How is it possible for the first person to orbit the Earth to eventually die in a training flight with a two-seater plane? Is this a manifestation of the sarcasm of life, or is it actually a badly stitched communist lie? Behind the ridiculous incident, many see hidden interests. And since Gagarin is ruthless, people’s imagination gives birth to all sorts of theories about his death.
Official data on the incident are scarce. The date is March 27, 1968. The place is Novoselovo, 18 km from the town of Kirzhach. 10.30 am. The MiG-15 UTI aircraft flies for a standard training flight. On board are Colonel Gagarin and Colonel Seryogin. Pilot Yuri. The day is sunny. For no apparent reason, the plane made a sharp maneuver, turned and crashed into the ground. Both experienced pilots died on the spot.
No accident data. This exhausts the information that is allowed to be shared about the incident. In these few sentences, the entire Russian people must find an explanation for the insane loss and consolation of their grief. Because Gagarin’s death caused sincere sorrow among the population. It was not overplayed or exaggerated as in the deaths of some of the Soviet leaders. On the contrary, Yuri is sincerely loved by the people and they cannot accept his death.
Sadness is proving to be a breeding ground for many conspiracies. As if to reinforce Gagarin’s image, the theory was born that he died during a secret flight to the moon.
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