Buddy Holly crash

In article 9roFf.21674$sA3.6431@fed1read02, says...


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!")

The other half of the old saw is:
"He's a real hero, because he sacrificed himself to avoid peoples homes and
populated areas. . ." As if the natural or "selfish" thing for a pilot out
of airspace and out of options to do would be to slam it into someone's
house!

GF

On Sun, 5 Feb 2006 07:11:49 -0600, "Dan Luke"
wrote:

This contains an angle on the story that I'd never heard befo that
Holly's pilot radioed another pilot that he was in trouble just before
the crash.

http://www.thevillagesdailysun.com/a...ews/news01.txt

Given a non-instrument rated pilot flying night IMC during conditions
conducive to icing (in a non-ice certified a/c), I would say that he was in
trouble *long* before the crash.


Ron (EPM) (N5843Q, Mooney M20E) (CP, ASEL, ASES, IA)