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Posted on 5/14/26 at 6:42 pm to Dog Tree
I know his video was intended to be instructional, but to be indirectly speculating on cause only 48 hours later is poor form.
Posted on 5/14/26 at 8:43 pm to Heyes
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First of all , Skynryd was on a passenger plane , a Convair 240 that would hold thirty people . It was the equivalent of a DC3 . The problem was , it wasn’t well maintained .
The problem was it ran out of fuel
Posted on 5/14/26 at 9:06 pm to udtiger
I wonder if that was Heber Costello's old bird.
Posted on 5/14/26 at 9:08 pm to udtiger
I knew him…he was a great, great man.
Posted on 5/14/26 at 10:03 pm to jbgleason
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Wow. I can't imagine flying one now. That plane had to be what? 80 years old?
To maintain their airworthiness certification the planes and engines are required to have inspections every so many years/hours of flight.
But, unfortunately, those inspections don't always catch everything. A good friend lost his stepdad in the late 90s when a cylinder head broke on his vintage Steerman biplane right after takeoff. The engine only had 10 hours on it since it's most recent required inspection.
Posted on 5/14/26 at 10:31 pm to udtiger
Icarus flew too close to the Sun.
Nobody remembers his sacrifice.
Nobody remembers his sacrifice.
Posted on 5/14/26 at 10:49 pm to kayjay
100 percent class act and great American. He lived a wonderful life and has a wonderful family. God speed to Mr Dan
Posted on 5/14/26 at 11:06 pm to Loup
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He owned the mat yard, right? I think he kept a lot of equipment by the old cannery as well.
Govt owns the yard. His company casts the mat.
Posted on 5/15/26 at 12:35 am to Hank R Hill
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The problem was it ran out of fuel
You think they didn’t put enough fuel on the plane to get from South Carolina to Baton Rouge ? They filled it up. Gas was spewing out the engines and catching fire. Just a hint … that’s not normal.
Posted on 5/15/26 at 7:34 am to udtiger
Huge loss for Aviation community. Dan put on some great airshows over the years in that plane.
Posted on 5/15/26 at 8:03 am to udtiger
He had a P51???? Wow.
Posted on 5/15/26 at 10:35 am to doc baklava
There used to be a P-51 Mustang and a F4U C orsair in the NE Louisiana area. Merle Gustafson had the Corsair while Heber had the Mustang. It was in the early 80's timeframe.
This post was edited on 5/15/26 at 10:38 am
Posted on 5/15/26 at 10:47 am to TIGERHOLD
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You couldn’t pay me 10 million dollars to take a flight in any small plane.
No offense but that’s due to ignorance.
Celebrities killed in car crashes
Posted on 5/15/26 at 6:57 pm to udtiger
Posted on 5/15/26 at 7:20 pm to Penrod
i understand flying is statistically much safer than flying, but I will never fly on a small plane, or private either. Those are the ones that go down! Not the big, USA air line planes.
Posted on 5/15/26 at 7:59 pm to mmonro3
When your number is up, it's up.
I'd rather buy it flying my P-51 Mustang than from a heart attack while taking a shite.
I'd rather buy it flying my P-51 Mustang than from a heart attack while taking a shite.
Posted on 5/15/26 at 8:09 pm to udtiger
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"Some men go out quietly; others go out to the sound of a Merlin."
Goddamn
Posted on 5/15/26 at 8:14 pm to Heyes
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You think they didn’t put enough fuel on the plane to get from South Carolina to Baton Rouge ? They filled it up. Gas was spewing out the engines and catching fire. Just a hint … that’s not normal.
I guess it is a chicken/egg thing but the official cause is fuel exhaustion. The pilots knew they had an issue with the plane rapidly consuming fuel but did not stop to refuel or repair the issue. At the end of the day they ran out of fuel and had the opportunity to prevent that so it is still pilot error
LINK
Posted on 5/15/26 at 8:22 pm to FutureMikeVIII
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Some men go out quietly; others go out to the sound of a Merlin."
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Goddamn
Yes. But this quote will be lost on most non aviation fans sadly.
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