Multi-millionaire 実業家, 48, who 開始する，打ち上げるd into space with William Shatner on Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin ロケット／急騰する last month dies learning to 飛行機で行く

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The 実業家 with a passion for 航空, who 達成するd a lifelong dream last month when he flew into space と一緒に William Shatner?on the Blue Origin ロケット／急騰する, died in a small 計画（する） 衝突，墜落 Thursday, police said.

Glen de Vries, 49, co-創立者 of Medidata 解答s, was taking 飛行機で行くing lessons with Thomas Fischer, 54, of Fischer 航空, when their 計画（する） 衝突，墜落d in Sussex 郡, New Jersey?at 3 p.m.?

Both men died in the 衝突，墜落, the New Jersey 明言する／公表する Police Department said.??

The 原因（となる） of the 難破させる is unknown and it is 不明瞭な which of the two men was 操縦するing the 計画（する） when it 衝突，墜落d.?

'A 抱擁する light has gone out in the world,' his wife, Maria, told the Daily Beast.?

'I would just say that Glen was an amazing man, larger than life. He always seemed like a superhero to me, so smart, so talented, generous and really funny.?

De Vries' death comes a month after he paid to board Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin ロケット／急騰する with Shatner, Australian entrepreneur Chris Boshuizen and Blue Origin (n)役員／(a)執行力のある Audrey 力／強力にするs.?

He had called the experience 'a dream come true.'?

Blue Origin tweeted on Friday, 'We are 荒廃させるd to hear of the sudden passing of Glen de Vries. He brought so much life and energy to the entire Blue Origin team and to his fellow crewmates. His passion for 航空, his charitable work, and his dedication to his （手先の）技術 will long be 深い尊敬の念を抱くd and admired.'?

Glen de Vries, 49, co-創立者 of Medidata 解答s died in a small 計画（する） 衝突，墜落 on Friday

The 選び出す／独身-engine 計画（する） 衝突，墜落d in Sussex, New Jersey

De Vries, left, went to space with (L-R) William Shatner, Blue Origin (n)役員／(a)執行力のある Audrey 力／強力にするs and Australian entrepreneur Chris Boshuizen

The four space tourists boarded the Blue Origins ロケット／急騰する on October 13

De Vries called going up to space with the 星／主役にする Trek 星／主役にする 'a dream come true'

Blue Origins tweeted in 弔慰s for de Vries' death

De Vries was with Thomas Fischer of Fischer 航空. Fischer teaches 操縦する courses in the New Jersey-based school

De Vries, a molecular biologist, and New York University and Carnegie Mellon 卒業生（する）, made his wealth through Medidata 解答s, which 容易にするs the most used 臨床の 研究 壇・綱領・公約 in the world, CBS 報告（する）／憶測d.?

The company's ソフトウェア has managed more than 25,000 臨床の 裁判，公判s 伴う／関わるing more than seven million people.?Medidata was acquired by Dassault Systems in 1999 for $5.8 billion.?

His father, Alan, said, 'He was one of the most amazing human 存在s you could've ever met. He gave so much to so many people, and as a result of his work, probably millions of lives have been saved.?

'We're just 荒廃させるd. I'm still 全く in a 明言する／公表する of shock―myself and his mother's family and my daughter, we're just all still in a 明言する／公表する of shock. He lived life to the fullest, and I think he gave to the fullest. It's just who he was.'?

After de Vries touched 負かす／撃墜する に引き続いて the space flight last month, he 述べるd the 乗組員's 'moment of camaraderie' when they reached space.?

'We 現実に just put our 手渡すs together,' he said. 'And then we enjoyed the 見解（をとる） as much as we can.'?

Dassault Syst?mes said in a 声明 Friday, 'Our deepest sympathy also goes out to our MEDIDATA team, which Glen co-設立するd. His tireless energy, empathy and 開拓するing spirit left their 示す on everyone who knew him,'? 'We will truly 行方不明になる Glen, but his dreams ― which we 株 ― live on: we will 追求する 進歩 in 生命科学s & healthcare as passionately as he did.'?

De Vries enjoyed 飛行機で行くing 計画（する）s in his spare time, and had been …に出席するing Fischer 航空's 操縦する training courses since 2016, the New Jersey 先触れ（する） 報告（する）／憶測d.?

De Vries flew 計画（する）s in his spare time. He is pictured after a flight last week

Fischer 航空 did not すぐに reply to DailyMail.com's request for comment.?

De Vries and Fischer's 計画（する） had gone 行方不明の 近づく?Kemah Lake, New Jersey

The two men were 飛行機で行くing in a?選び出す／独身-engine Ce ssna 172 計画（する）, like the one pictured above

De Vries 逮捕（する）d the nations attention as he joined the second Blue Origins space 乗組員 in October

De Vries, laughing in the 支援する, spent time with Jeff Bezos, in the drivers seat, as the 乗組員 o f the New Shepard NS-18 用意が出来ている to 飛行機で行く on October 21

The 連邦の 航空 行政 警報d police that De Vries and Fischer's 選び出す／独身-engine Cessna 172 計画（する） was 行方不明の at around 3 p.m. on Thursday 近づく Kemah Lake, New Jersey.?

First responders 設立する the 難破 いっそう少なく than an hour later.?

Police said the 選び出す／独身-engine 計画（する） was on its way to Sussex Airport from Essex 郡 Airport, in Caldwell, when it 衝突，墜落d.?

The 航空機 was destroyed in the 衝突，墜落, which occurred 'under unknown circumstances,' the FAA said.?

In a 声明, the FAA 追加するd that a 予選 報告（する）／憶測 on why the 計画（する） may have 衝突，墜落d would be 解放（する）d by next week.?

After de Vries touched 負かす／撃墜する に引き続いて the space flight last month, he said the 乗組員 'had a moment of camaraderie' when they reached space.?

'We 現実に just put our 手渡すs together,' he said.

力／強力にするs chimed in 説: 'We 手配中の，お尋ね者 to memorialize 存在 together, there.'

'And then we enjoyed the 見解（をとる） as much as we can,' de Vries said in 返答.

Blue Origin has not 公表する／暴露するd the price of the ticket, but movie 星／主役にする Tom Hanks 明らかにする／漏らすd earlier this month that he was 申し込む／申し出d a trip on the same 開始する，打ち上げる and said it cost '$28 million or something like that.'??