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Originally Posted by Mister Moose
The advent of larger, faster, more capable aircraft like the venerable DC-3 did in the Tri-motor, not any celebrity accident. I would ask why did Ford give up so easily on producing a successor to the Tri-motor? I would guess they chose to concentrate on their core car business.
The "Day the Music Died" crash was in an older Bonanza, (4 seats, 150 kts with a non intuitive artificial horizon) flown in instrument conditions by a pilot that had no business being there. The flight was supposed to stay visual, and since it was at night he climbed inadvertantly into a low cloud deck, lost control and crashed. Lots more details there, but suffice to say it was a tragedy that shouldn't have happened.
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Yep. If I remember correctly it was a B or C series Bonanza [ great flying airplanes] flown by a 22 yr old commercial non-instrument rated pilot. [ I say pilot tongue in cheek].