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Old February 5th 06, 08:24 PM posted to rec.aviation.ifr,rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Buddy Holly crash

Dan Luke wrote:
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Sounds like what we read in Southern California every time someone
prangs into the mountains around here during a winter storm. "Oh, he
was such a good pilot!" (translated, "Now, if only that nasty
mountain hadn't gotten in his way!")



True.

Have you ever read of anyone's saying: "He was a careless guy who was
bound to crash someday?"

Yes, as a matter of fact. Several USAF Officers had complained about
"Colonel Bud Holland's" flying for a long time until the fatal crash of
a B-52 at Fairchild AFB in 1994.
http://www.crm-devel.org/resources/p...e/darkblue.htm

JPH