[MacNaughton]

If memory serves, Armstrong had another brush a couple months before the Apollo 11 flight. He was piloting a jet-powered LEM simulator when it malfunctioned and he had to jettison before it crashed. YouTube video below is of that incident. Borrowing a line from the 1995 film Apollo 13 - You sir, are a steeley-eyed missile man. A life well lived. Farewell and Godspeed, Mr. Armstrong. You will be missed. I remember Alan Shepherd's memorial service in 1998. The nation needs something like it for Neil Armstrong. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDI8SQ2fmLA Neil Armstrong almost killed by crash video run length = 00:00:49 seconds Neil Armstrong was almost killed in a crash while training for the moon landing. He managed to eject just before, saving his life. The vehicle that crashed is a training vehicle called the LLRV or 'Lunar Landing Research Vehicle'. Is was designed to mimic the 1/6 gravity on the moon. This event occured May 6th 1968. I remember reading about this how Neil had this crash and later in the day one of the other astronauts saw him sitting at his desk looking normal, reading some stuff and the other astronaut had no clue that this crash had happened a few hours before - he only knew when someone else asked him about it later. It was just a testament to Neil's professionalism and nerves that he could brush this one off. MJKmedia 5 hours ago I don't know if it was an "unpredictable" trainer, but the reason it crashed was because it ran out of fuel for the attitude control thrusters. Nilguiri 7 hours ago

[Dad x 3]

Excellent find, MacNaughton. That’s the footage I remember seeing.

[dragnet2]

The link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDI8SQ2fmLA

Armstrong bailing out while piloting a jet-powered LEM simulator.

It exploded real good.