The Airplane Crash That Killed Patsy Cline

The Airplane Crash That Killed Patsy Cline

DYERSBURG, TN; Tuesday - March 6th, 1963 - The mutilated bodies of country music star Patsy Cline and three other Grand Ole Opry personalities were pulled this morning from the scattered remnants of a privately owned Piper Comanche airplane after it crashed late yesterday afternoon into rugged woodlands near Dyersburg during an intense and violent thunderstorm. The victims were Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, Hawkshaw Hawkins and Randy Hughes - believed to be the pilot and owner of the ill-fated aircraft. Patsy Cline's watch had stopped at exactly 6:27 pm marking the exact time of the crash. â€œGod was on my sideâ€ Billy Walker said following the crash; â€œElse how can you explain my being here â€“ and Patsy, Copas and Hawk and Randy gone. There was some kidding about my size and how I weighed too much to get into the small ship.â€ Throughout the night, reports of the missing plane flooded the radio airwaves. Cline told several friends that she felt a sense of impending doom and didn't expect to live much longer in the months leading up to her death. Cline told Loretta Lynn of this, along with June Carter Cash and Dottie West, as early as September 1962. Cline, notwithstanding her natural generosity, began giving away personal items to friends, writing out her own last will on Delta Air Lines stationery and asking close friends to care for her children if anything should happen to her. She reportedly told Jordanaire back up singer Ray Walker as she exited the Grand Ole Opry a week before her death: "Honey, I've had two bad ones (accidents). The third one will either be a charm or it'll kill me." Patsy Clineâ€™s admiring fans consider her to have been one of the most influential, successful, and acclaimed female vocalists of the 20th century. Cline; who was best known for her rich tone and emotionally expressive, bold contralto voice - died tragically only miles from her home near Camden, Tennessee. Patsy was just reaching the height of her fame when her life ended at only 30 years old. Millions of fans of every age proclaim that Patsy was the finest female vocalist that ever lived! Pilot/author Lam Bastion has owned and flown eleven airplanes over the years and has sufficient flying experience to offer the reader insight into what happens to airplanes and pilots that fly into adverse weather conditions and crash. The purpose of this book is to allow the fan to better understand something of the psychology involved in the decision making process that often leads to crashes of this kind. Unfortunately, crashes caused by flying into adverse weather are all too common. Such crashes claim the innocent lives of many people nearly every week of every year. This book is not meant to be a biography of Patsy Cline, although some interesting tidbits about her life are added for sentiment. This book may be a little hard for some readers to go through. There exists a fine line between what we want to know and what we actually find out. This is a tragic story of impatience and overconfidence. Patsy led a stormy existence; it is ironic that stormy weather claimed her life. The author takes you into the heart of this tragic day, to the crash, to the decisions, to review the conditions and flying information involving Patsyâ€™s death. What was it like to be on board the airplane with Patsy just before the crash? Why didnâ€™t Randy turn back away from the storm? How come Randy Hughes couldnâ€™t pilot through the bad weather? These are questions everyone wants answered. This book answers them all. Many wonder what Patsy might have accomplished had she lived her full life. This book will make it feel as though you were there in the airplane with Patsy only moments before she was gone.
Country USA
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2011-06-27
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2011-06-27
Format	Kindle eBook

The Airplane Crash That Killed Patsy Cline

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