RomeoTango
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Some of us old timers still remember their music and Feb. 3 1959 when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, "Big Bopper'' and the pilot R Peterson lost their lives in the Mason City Iowa accident.The charted Bonanza crashed few minutes after take off at night in poor weather. The plane was equipped with a Sperry attitude gyro that presented pitch information with a sensing opposite from that depicted by conventional AH. The pilot's unfamiliarity with the instruments and a very poor weather briefing were considered contributing factors The AP was installed but not working.
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