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The Beechcraft Bonanza is an American general aviation aircraft introduced in 1947 by Beech Aircraft Corporation of ... rock and roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie ...
Beechcraft Bonanza 35 Dwyer Flying Service, N3794N Clear Lake, Iowa February 3, 1959 - Federal Aviation Administration; February 3, 1959 front page of the Mason City Globe-Gazette, via Newspapers.com; fiftiesweb.com The Day the Music Died; Bakotopia Magazine's 50th Anniversary memorial article; 1959: Buddy Holly killed in air crash
Vee's career began in the midst of tragedy. On February 3, 1959, "The Day the Music Died", three of the four headline acts in the lineup of the traveling Winter Dance Party—Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper—were killed in the crash of a V-tailed 1947 Beechcraft Bonanza airplane, along with the 21-year-old pilot, Roger Peterson.
The Brief. February 3 became known as "The Day The Music Died" when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper died in a plane crash. Bitter cold forced the musicians to give up on their bus ...
Beechcraft Bonanza: The charter flight was operating under visual flight rules in poor visibility and weather and the pilot (who was not qualified for instrument flight rules) became disoriented, leading to a crash. In addition to the pilot, musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper were killed.
Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), known as Buddy Holly, was an American singer, songwriter, and musician who was a central and pioneering figure of mid-1950s rock and roll. He was born to a musical family in Lubbock, Texas, during the Great Depression, and learned to play guitar and sing alongside his two siblings.
February 3 – A Beechcraft Bonanza carrying musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and Jiles Richardson crashed near Clear Lake, Iowa in what become known as The Day the Music Died. 1963 [ edit ]
Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, J. P. Richardson: United States 1959 All three tourmates were killed, along with pilot Roger Peterson Beechcraft Bonanza: Clear Lake, Iowa, United States Controlled flight into terrain; see The Day the Music Died: Bar-Kays, Otis Redding: United States 1967