Thread: Happened 55 years ago !

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(Sophomore) I remember going straight for newspaper in the school library that next morning. I heard the story unfold on the radio on the way to school. I remember the mad scramble for the newspaper because there were already a pack of students gathered around to read it. Everybody was in shock and such a sad loss. Patsy Cline was another sad one during that time. That's the way life goes ~ there are no guarantees.

Buddy was and always will be ~ my favorite!

That flight was destined for disaster the way it unfolded. The young pilot was inexperenced with the nav equipment in that Beechcraft Bonanza. Especially when confronted with a snow storm and poor visability at Night..
Should not have happened. Poor pilot judgement and definate lacked the IFR skills required for that flight in IMC..