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What was the name of the airplane Buddy Holly died in?

Question #65626. Asked by myjoey.

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Brainyblonde
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Following the February 2 performance at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, Buddy Holly chartered a Beechcraft Bonanza to take him and his new Crickets band (Tommy Allsup and Waylon Jennings) to Fargo, North Dakota.
link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Holly


The airplane that carried Buddy Holly to his death was named 'American Pie.'
False.

link http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/amerpie.htm


The airplane, chartered through Dwyer's Flying Service in Clear Lake, Iowa, had no name. Its only designation was its wing registration number, N3794N. How the rumor that its name was American Pie (thus providing Don McLean the title for his song) started circulating is unknown, but it is undeniably false. As Don McLean himself said in 1999:

The growing urban legend that "American Pie" was the name of Buddy Holly’s plane the night it crashed, killing him, Ritchie Valens and the Big Boppper, is equally untrue. I created the term.

link http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/amerpie.htm

May 12 2006, 8:11 AM
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McGruff
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Answer has 6 votes.

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Elvis asked this once before he left the building. Check question #21848.

May 12 2006, 1:09 PM
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