Patsy Cline was NOT alone
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- Опубликовано: 8 ноя 2021
- This video tells the story of the tragic aircraft accident that took the lives of 4 grand ole opry stars as well as where you can go to pay your respects.
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I remember my uncle who was a country star in the early 60,s had a big cookout for a bunch of stars. My sister and I was watching tv and Patsy Cline came in there and asked us where the bathroom was. When she came out she talked to us about what we were watching. She was very nice to us and not to far ahead we had heard she died. I was very sad. RIP
Who was your uncle? That's an awesome memory you have of getting to meet such a wonderful legend
I absolutely love Patsy, you are so fortunate to have met her. My mama told me about when she got to see Ritchie Valens when she was a little girl.
who was your uncle?
Looting a crash site is DESPICABLE
Deserving hate and contempt? Maybe devastating?
We saw Patsy Cline at a show in Jacksonville Fl in 1962, along with the Everly Brothers, Jerry Lee Lewis and others. We got to go backstage, I just do remember seeing her, I do remember the Everly Brothers and their leather jackets with tasels, I was 10. My mom asked Patsy to kiss a handerchief she had and she did, although she did not sign it. We know the lip prints are her's but other than that, we have no way to prove it to anyone else. I have it stored away to this day.
That’s absolutely incredible! Thank you for sharing.
That is an amazing memory to have!! I am jealous!! Patsy passed away 3 years, almost to the day.
@@tiggerinthewoods7996 3 years from when ????
My Hometown, I was born in St. Vincent’s Hospital, February 1959. Grew up on the Westside, had to move out to the Country. Jacksonville ain’t what it once was.
@@fredwhisman7866neither is Louisville KY - it's a damn shame
My husband's great aunt, took the last photo of Patsy before she got on the plane. Her an Patsy were friends, and she told us Patsy was upset about something before she went on stage. I have a copy hanging on my wall.
Wow!!! That’s incredible 🙌
Her voice still gives me goosebumps, her death was a devastating loss.
Agreed
I feel goose bumpish every time I hear her sing too.I get teary eyed too.
That was indeed a very sad day in country music. The coroner actually was who recovered Patsy Cline's watch. He found it embedded in her heart during the auptopsy. The crash scene can only be described as gruesome. Many body parts and flesh of the victims were found embedded in aircraft wreckage, found in trees and on the ground. There were also many personal belongings such as guitars, amplifiers, clothing, cowboy hats, boots, etc., strung out over the crash site. Unfortunately, looters made off with many of these items. The instructor pilot Randy Hughes had was the same instructor pilot country singer Jim Reeves had, who sadly was lost in a separate plane crash. Randy Hughes should have listened to the airport manager and the CAA representative and not fly that day. His arrogance and having that "get there itis" is what got them all killed. His flying into known instrument meteorological conditions and suffering spatial disorientation is exactly what contributed to this accident, all of which was preventable. His instructor pilot was known for being lenient on his students for meeting specific flight requirements. Especially if they were celebrities. My heart goes out to the families and friends of Hawkshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas, Randy Hughes and Patsy Cline. May they rest in peace.
Which makes one question the weight.
Was the plane overweight. Amplifiers aren't light.
@@lisag18 You gave me something to think about. No one ever talked about the weight. They all had their luggages, stage wear, and amplifiers too, plus their body weight. All of them wanted to get home but not one took deeply into consideration the weather. Mr. Hughes really thought he could fly through the weather and if need be turn around but why take that chance, why? Pilot error killed them all.
As a former Tennessean, the difference between Dyersburg to Nashville is about 2.5- 3 hours. Imagine what she could have done if she took that short drive. She was a legend and her music lives on.
Interstate 40 wasn't completed in West Tennessee until 1973. Which means they would have had to take Highway 70. On a good no traffic day Highway 70 takes 5 hours (Dyersburg to Nashville)...have driven it several times. I would have much rather taken the hour & half flight that she was paying for anyway (because all her gear was on that plane). Its a horrific death - I can only pray that God had enough mercy on her and her crew to have had them passed out before they died/
I knew a Ms. Gigglebox out in California over a decade ago. Have you ever been to northern California? (I'll have to try to find her first name.)
A year ago my friend and I visited the crash site. We were the only ones there. It seemed as if the air was unsettled and I had an Odd feeling come over me. It was very disturbing! After a few minutes, my friend began to play crazy from you tube on his phone. Immediately the wind was calm and a peaceful feeling came over me. My friend felt the exact same. We stayed more than an hour and continued to play her songs from our phones. I have never experienced anything like it in my life! I am 63 and have buried many many family members with no odd feelings. I will revisit the site yearly.
She had an amazing voice! To all of you that posted person experiences. THANK YOU!
I enjoy anything I can find on Patsy!
Thank you so much for sharing your story!
I have been there several times . Showing friends of mine and people who just didn't know where it was at. I've had unusual feelings and some of the people that were with me I believe it's haunted .
I live very close to where the crash happened, and I've been only once. That feeling you've described, I felt it, too. As I walked into the wooded area, I began to feel this despair begin to come over me. I felt terrible sadness, it made tears come to my eyes. I touched the rock memorial, and could almost feel her presence. I don't believe in ghosts, but I felt something cold. The bible says that our blood is our life. Abel's blood called to God from the ground where it was spilled. I believe the same thing happens with each of us. There was blood spilled in those woods, and maybe, it remembers.
@@marisawoods if that were the case, the entire south and most of America in general would be haunted! 😅
Even just considering the Natives that were massacred here, the mass deaths due to chattel slavery, and the over 600,000 precious human lives that were lost in the civil war, a lot of blood has been spilled all over this country. Maybe even near your own home.
I THINK, from what I can figure with my crazy Hensley family, that Patsy and I are 3rd cousins. Basically, her grandfather and my great grandfather were half-brothers, from what I can figure.
I went to the crash site, too. The wind was unsettled, too. I sat down on the bench and whispered, “Hey Cousin,” and things calmed down.
I always loved Patsy. I loved her music. I would cry when her songs would stop playing on the radio when I was LITTLE. I didn’t see what she looked like until I was about 13. And, there is no denying the Hensley in her! People say that we look alike.
Patsy Cline is a legend for a reason. If you can listen to her sing and not feel it in your soul, you have no soul. Country music star Roger Miller took part in the ground search for the plane, and was the first person to locate the wreckage and bodies. I can't even imagine how that must have haunted him seeing his friends like that.
Hawkshaw Hawkins' wife, fellow Opry star, Jean Shepard, was pregnant with their second son when Hawk died. Poor kid never got to meet his father. All four victims had spouses and children, and all suffered unimaginable loss.
God bless the four lives lost that horrible day; Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Randy Hughes, and Cowboy Copas.
And God bless their families.
I'm from Winchester Virginia where Patsy Cline was born and raised and buried . Lots of history where her beginnings were in her home town . Her home is a museum with lots pasty Cline wigs and belongings of hers . She's one of the towns celebrities.
Abby
I was raised 5 miles from Winchester
I became a Patsy fan at 10 yrs ago thanks to my parents
Mom was from Winchester
She and my Grandma knew Patsy’s family
I was a guide at the Patsy Cline Historic House at 608 S. Kent Street
I’m am happy to see your entry here
Thanks
Visited Patsy's home (did not get to tour inside) and burial site in Winchester VA March 2022. "I was standing by her grave site on a cold but sunny day," to paraphrase a popular country music song. Right next to her lies her 2nd husband, Charles "Charlie" Dick, who lived until Nov 2015.
America robbed of another beautiful voice,from a senseless accident with an unskilled pilot in terrible weather. Think buddy holly .
My grandfather sold her life insurance in 1962 or 1963. He told me she was so nice and pretty.
When I was a little girl my parents took us to see a concert although I have no memory who the main talent was. Hawkshaw Hawkins was on stage and I wanted to get a picture of him. He saw me standing there with my little Brownie camera and smiling from ear to ear walked to the edge of the stage so he could pose for me. I was extremely shy and thought I'd die if he got any closer! I need to dig through my pictures and find it. This was in Harlingen, TX.
Patsy's watch was found during her autopsy embedded in her heart! I always wanted to be a mortician but had a heart transplant and am unable. Patsy had the most haunting, beautiful voice. So sad she died such a horrific way. I truly hope when I die I get to hear Patsy sing in person in the great unknown. Really enjoyed your video. Love the boops. ❤❤
I had a terrific Sunday school teacher in my teens who opined that whatever you love will be a part of your heaven. So if she's right, you'll get your wish. Good luck.
There is a great tragedy that was a result of this crash no one ever talks about. Randy Hughes was more than just Patsy Cline's manager and pilot of the plane, he was also the son-in-law of Cowboy Copas. Cathy Copas lost not only her husband, but her father as well.
I think about Jean Shepard a lot. That was Hawkshaw's wife. I didn't know she was also a singer.
In the summer of 1962 our mother an my sisters and I were in Winchester VA to visit some of parents friends. I remember standing outside on sidewalk and looking down the street towards Patsy’s mothers house and thinking how sad. The house was so quiet.
Her watch was actually found by the coroner.It was embedded in her heart.
One of my first memories: hearing Patsy Cline on "The Arthur Godfrey Show." I was very young but that memory is strong. Patsy sang "Walkin' After Midnight" and there was Hawaiian steel accompaniment. It made a powerful impression. Years later, I became a Radio Host on a Country station in my hometown of Philly - and I got to play Patsy's music. She's in my head often. One of the greatest voices EVER.
Her voice was thrilling.
Trish until you mentioned the Arthur Godfrey show I had forgotten about it thanks for reminding me.
If memory serves me well she also sang dust on the Bible.?
My mistake it was kitty wells who dust on the Bible
@@shadowwolf9329 - you mean on the AG show? If so, I don't remember. But that steel guitar and that voice! Heavenly.
As a country boy myself and in hiding Buddy Holly the Big Bopper Ritchie Valens Patsy Cline Lynyrd Skynyrd may they never be forgotten
Dexter! Just finished the new season 💀
Why are you in hiding for?
Stevie ray Vaughn granted helicopter not a plane but... yeah, so many greats!!!
Ricky Nelson
Exactly
Love to hear her sing "Sweet Dreams" and the beautiful "Tennessee Waltz".
What a beautiful voice. The voice of an angel.
You can always listen to Patti Page - Tennessee Waltz 👍
Rest Peacefully In Heaven Miss Patsy. I love your voice and listen to your songs to this day. You had such an amazingly beautiful and haunting voice.
In the 1940’s my mom, as a teenager, worked at the local “dime store”. She has related many stories over the years of playing Hawkshaw Hawkins and cowboy copas records on the PA system of the store. Her eyes would light up as she would tell of actually meeting them when they came into the store where she was working while they were appearing in town for a concert❤
A sad day for country music, for sure! I love to hear Patsy sing Sweet Dreams and Crazy. She had an amazing voice!
Appalachian Son, you remind me of my son, I have to tell my Patsy Cline story. I never met her but I watched her biopic "Sweet Dreams " and I saw the crazy love that she and her husband Charlie had for each other. I watched with my brother and I told him I wanted a love like that. My brother told me "That's the last thing you need " and boy was he right. It took restraining orders and years of abuse to get out of the relationship. I am one of the lucky ones.
Patsy the legend lives on through her music. She had been in a car crash so probably thought flying was better. So sad losing her!!
Owing & awing.
I heard that the watch was a Christmas present from her husband Charlie, and they found that watch during either an autopsy or funeral prep, it was embedded into her heart 😳
So there was enough of the body to autopsey ? in another i read her watch was stolen and later returned i cant see someone getting it if there was a body they said a foot back of her head and shoulder 🤔
Wow, so many similarities between this and the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and The Big Bopper. Popular singers, bad weather, inexperienced pilot, Cline had a cold, so did Richie Valens.
I agree
Thank you for this. I 'am a big Patsy Cline fan. NO ONE has gone into this much detail on what happened.
My friend got an autograph from Patsy Cline in March just 2 or 3 days before her untimely death at a show in Kansas City. Knowing how much I love the music, when he became ill he gave me all of the autographs that he had collected during his days as a DJ, Patsy's included. I've often wondered, do I have Patsy Clines last autograph?
I would love to see it. I'm in kansas city
Patsy Cline definitely has one of those haunting voices that once you hear her you'll never forget it. Well done sir 👍 new sub. Hello from Georgia! 🙋
My favorite Patsy Cline song is She's Got You.
I recently found a vinyl single of She’s got you and Strange. It’s perfect.
@@TheAppalachianSon I bet the sound on that is wonderful!!!
Amen!!! Great Song!!!
I like that song too.
I was born in June of 63 but growing up I remember my mom playing records of Patsy Cline an I still love to here her sing today I've downloaded several of her songs onto my phone ! She will always be one of my favorite artists ! R.I.P Patsy
Appalachian Son, you have a wonderful demeanor. I appreciate the respect you gave in reporting on this. Thanks for the interesting video. I'd say that the event saddens you as well as it does so many of us.
I have study into aircraft, as well as having been in flight training until a financial issue had arisen.
I can say that a common error made by non-instrument rated pilots is of not trusting the instruments. The mind being unfamiliar with the loss of visual reference will naturally cause the new/newer pilot to continue on in an attempt of using "feel" and the memory of the last visibility, before using the instruments. Then forced to use the instruments, when g-forces act upon sensation these pilots will have a disbelief and become certain that the instruments are erroneous. And this is a dangerous position to be in. Generally, a flight instructor will strongly emphasize to always trust the instruments.
If Randy Hughes had caused the crash, it was probably due to that failure. And particularly so that his overall flying hours were very low.
I've studied this event periodically since about 1985.
Roger Peterson, the last pilot of Buddy, Ritchie, Bopper etc also wasn't trained to fly on instruments.
It was and is incredibly sad. I'm terrified of any kind of air craft. The kind of plane Miss Patsy was in especially. Such a talented lady taken way to soon.
@@normanby100 I don’t think Jim Reeves was either, as he was the pilot in his crash.
I knew he was not well-versed in flying by instruments alone, but I was shocked to hear exactly how few hours he had under his belt.
Three Cigarettes in an ashtray, Crazy, She's Got You, Fall to Pieces, the list doesn't end. She is my all time favorite! I remember my grandmother, singing Fall to pieces, and I was hooked! Some of my best memories 💗
As a vocalist Patsy had tremendous crossover because not only was she a great vocalist but she did not have any hillbilly to her voice so can could appeal not only to country music fans but to New Yorkers as well. She had a wide range and sophistication to her voice that she could have sung any style of music including jazz and torch songs. Had she lived she might have explore such areas of music. You could say that she was the country singer for people who do not like country music.
My momma knew Patsy well lol ( Virginia) was as hillbilly as one could be. She drank like a sailor, cussed like a sailor and would fight like a man. She played in the toughest dives right up the road here in Jefferson county West Virginia. When she sang blue moon of Kentucky she let her mountain side loose.
@@Scorpio1964WinesI agree with you 💯, I smell horse shit. Why would you dare try to smear Patsy Clines name with your assassin assumption. Don't talk about people you don't know.
I understand why your name is No Name
I was born in 1961, so I was a baby when she died. I don’t remember when I heard her voice or even heard of her, but I can tell u, is that I became a fan the second I heard her voice and I knew I was hearing the best female voice in Country music ever on the earth. Loretta Lynn comes in second and then Dolly, but no one
comes close to Patsy Cline.
Hawkshaw Hawkins & Cowboy Copas were also big stars. They each had a hit record. So they don't need to be left out. Their life was important also. Randy Hughes was important also on Music Row.
@palmborotn - I've never looked it up, but it's always circulated that Hawkshaw had a chance to see his, "Lonesome- 77203" sitting at number one on the country charts two days before he was killed. I've been to Patsy's grave in the early 70's; haunting. There's a bell tower close by that Loretta Lynn had built.
Isn't it sad how sick people are to go to a crash site and scavenge it for things.
Yes! It is disgraceful and disrespectful~ too many people out there didn't get raised right :(
Do you think its disrespectful to visit the wtc site. Where thousands died. Most never found. They are still trying to identify remains. By comparing DNA of relatives with DNA found on the rubble.
That entire site is a graveyard and possibly miles around
A famous line from one of the recovery personel involved in search and recovery was
There was over 3000 in the buildings. Where are they
The incomparable voice of Patsy Cline will continue to amaze people as long as it remains. Wondering what could have been is so haunting, because her life ended so abruptly. The tragedy is that at the height of their career, so many spectacular artists have passed. Leaving us with questions that will never be answered.
I think she was great, but also so many wonderful musicians made her records how they were. Had she not died so young, I don't think she would be considered as legendary, as her career was just starting to make a come back when she died.
Shame she didn't accept the lift she was offered but she didn't fancy the 8 hour drive.
Had she lived she would have surpassed Loretta Lynn as Queen of country music. She might still be alive today. 6-7 decades of her voice -- imagine!
Why aren’t things that are looted from accidents and then put up for auction seized?
I think you’re so right - she seems like the kind of star that people feel like they “know” her. Everything I’ve ever read about her was positive. I used to play her cd around the house when my grandson was little. Every generation can find common ground with their music
I would like to know that as well.
Just to clarify a couple of misquotes you made, as a commercial pilot I'm aware of.
Hughs didnt have 117 hours total flying time, it was 160 hours. He had 117 hours in that make of aircraft. He had roughly 44 hours time in the previous 90 days before the crash. He had no instrument rating, (not uncommon) and he had no experience flying at night, except for 3 hours total time which was required by the CAA. (Called the FAA now days)
He was a private pilot who had flown almost all his time in that particular aircraft.
All that being said, he didn't have the skills or experience to be flying in the weather they were flying in. As a pilot myself, what many non pilots don't understand and can't comprehend, is just how fast you can be flying in clear weather and then all of a sudden you're in terrible weather. And a new pilot would be panicking at this occurring.
The pilot suffered spatial disorientation, not knowing up from down, straight and level to descending or climbing, and when this occurs tragically it usually ends up in whats called a "graveyard spiral", which is exactly what happened here. The cloud layer was at best only a couple of hundred feet above the tree tops, so by the time they saw anything, which they probably never did, they were impacting the trees in the blink of an eye.
The Comanche aircraft they were flying in, is a very capable aircraft, fast, and relatively high powered. In other words, its a lot of aircraft to handle by a pilot with only 160 hours total time. When you combine that with low visibility, and bad weather is a mix for disaster.
A terrible tragedy. Hopefully a fee things I've stated about the pilot and aircraft will give some a little better understanding of exactly what happened and why.
Thanks for sharing this video
Thanks. Something similar seems to have happened to JFK.jr.
The impact must have been catastrophic at least for the human body.
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I was wondering why he went down with no visibility, common sense would be to go up and fly high. Pulling back is going up isn't it? How could you get that wrong?
@@Star-bd8zm He did not know which way was up.
About seven months before Patsy was killed, she told me that she was going to take out insurance that would pay off the house, and I guess other things too, if anything happened to her. After she was killed, I asked her mother if Patsy had taken out that insurance and she said yes. It's a good thing Patsy wasn't like me because I have a bad habit of putting things off. During the same evening that Patsy told me that, she also talked about the airplane that her manager, Randy, was planning on buying and someplace (I don't remember where she said) that she was going to have him take her in it. I don't know how long it was after that that he bought it but when she told me that, it was just seven months before "the accident", as her mother would refer to it, and I don't think he had it yet.
Sue that's when famous singers treated there fans with love and respect. They realized it was there fans that made them stars! Not so much today it's so different!
@@janetwoods7362: Yes, that's certainly true and going by what I saw, Patsy respected her fans.. She was a down to earth person and wasn't full of herself like some of them are. One time after Patsy died, when her mother and I were talking about some of the other stars, her mother said they had gotten "high hat". I saw Patsy stop and talk to fans after she'd sung on the Friday night Opry one night. I didn't know until later that night that she had one of her headaches that she used to get sometimes after that car wreck she'd been in. She was so sick that she went to bed after she got home and had to have the dr. come to the house to see her that night but you'd have never known it to have seen her talking to people in the audience as she was leaving. That really impressed me. That was sometime around the end of July 1962. I was 17 and was living with her and her family for a few weeks as baby-sitter with her two kids. The conversation about the insurance she was going to take out and the plane that her manager was going to get (he came to the house one time when I was there) was said when she, her husband Charlie, the two kids, and I were riding somewhere in the car one evening. Dottie West came to the house a couple times when I was there and she seemed like a sweet person. I wish I could remember more that was said during the time I was there. I've always had a crappy memory and it has gotten worse with age.
Thanks for sharing your fond memories of her, and then that tragic day, you must have been devastated. I would love to hear more of your memories of her if you are able to share them. She still has a big following over here in the UK. X x
That's so cool that you knew her! I'm really sorry for your loss of your friend. Miss Patsy was amazing and there will never be another voice like hers. Rest Peacefully In Heaven Miss Patsy.
@@janetwoods7362 Where fans?
My Mum adored Patsy. Many a night Patsy serenaded us to sleep.
When my Mum passed, we played her favourite Patsy songs at her funeral. We walked behind her casket, all holding each others hands to her burial site, with Patsy singing, Just a closer walk with Thee 🙏over the speakers from the Chapel. I thought of Patsy on that cold and wet day ⛈ and as my Mum's casket was lowered, the sun broke through and shone ever so bright.🌤
The sound of her voice still sends shivers up my spine.
Thank you for the music,
Patsy Cline.🐨💝🦘
No entiendo el inglés, pero me encanta oir cantar a Patsy, con su voz limpia,aterciopelada y muy auténtica. ¡ sigue siendo fantástica, siempre estará con todos nosotros con sus canciones ¡ R.I.P.
Saludos desde Mallorca, España.
Hola, Margarita!
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Every song she sang was a masterpiece..I couldn't pick one over another here
I always wondered where Patsy sat on the plane. I’ve been to the crash site. Great vlog! Thanks
I listen to Patsy Clines Greatest Hits cd, I became a fan recently, but I really didn't appreciate her songs at first, but I grew to love them all.
New subscriber….thanks so much for this. Patsy’s voice was a true gift to us. ❤️❤️❤️
Without proper VFR training if you lose your horizons then you’re already dead. You can’t always feel a change in direction in flight and by the time you do it’s too late.
Brings back memories of JFK, Jr. he wasn’t instrument trainer either.
IFR training is better but . . .
Great video and history lesson! When I was a little boy our family had a PC LP. I fell in love it and played the grooves off. Nobody in my family claimed ownership of the LP or has any knowledge where it came from. Either way PC is my all time favorite singer.
That’s a great story. Thank you for sharing. Her voice genuinely gives me chills and I can’t say that about anyone else.
I have a few Patsy Cline albums from my mom. I got them when we cleaned out her house after her death. My mom was 33 years old the day of the plane crash. I was 6. I still play my mom's records to this day, and enjoy them very much. Patsy was taken way too soon. (Jan Griffiths).
I found this fascinating, loved it! Thank you!
Pasty Cline had a Opera voice and the song she sang so beautifully was "Sweet Dreams" l was born in 1961 and my father and Loretta Lynn both in my life kept Patsy alive by playing her 🎶 music
Description of the accident sequence here is incorrect, or at least misleading. Due to enroute weather conditions, they flew south instead of east/southeast looking for a clear path. They finally landed in Rogers for fuel and to recheck weather east. As the weather system had moved a bit farther east, they were able to go east now as far as Dyersburg. Unfortunately, a combination of approaching darkness and reduced visibility made the final 30 minutes virtually impossible for visual flight. Hughes attempted it believing if undoable, he could return back to Dyersburg.
After takeoff, as expected he lost visual references to the ground despite a low altitude and the crash occurred during the attempted course reversal. It was not an unnoticed gradual turn, but a deliberate course reversal in which he became spatially disoriented and entered what is referred to as a “graveyard spiral”. With the airplane banked, he attempted to hold his already low altitude, but by applying more back-pressure on the control yoke, it steepens the bank, resulting in more application of back-pressure to check a now faster descent rate just tightening the turn and increasing the descent rate yet again. By the time he came through the bottom of the overcast into black, unlit terrain, it was too late. The steep nose down right turn from an east heading to now northbound put the aircraft descending at a 45 degree angle and the impact sequence from first contact with the tree to ground was a couple of seconds. The right wingtip hit a tree first snapping the airplane inverted in 1 second or less before it impact the ground mostly upside down nose first disintegrating it as parts for a couple of hundred feet through the woods.
The occupants were crushed and the fragmented remains then subsequently ejected further fragmenting due to contact with trees apparently with Patsy the least damaged. It was an instantaneously fatal high speed impact, and although for the last 30 seconds or so, they may have felt they were in trouble, they never saw the dark trees until the last second they showed up in the landing light beam with no chance at that point to change the tragic outcome.
That’s what happens when an inexperienced pilot, with have to get-there-itis, does something out of the scope of their expertise. It’s very sad. Pilots not trained in use of their instruments, such as JFK, Jr., scare the hell out of me. We know better today never to fly with a pilot that is not instrument certified or proficient using the cockpit instruments. Your taking a serious risk by putting your life in their hands. I’m not afraid to fly….I think flying is cool but I want a fully trained pilot. We live……we learn.
I am sure there was a stall, and the stall warning horn probably sounded, but as you said there was no room to recover a stall, nor a fast decent, and the bank angle probably was enough to initiate a stall warning which was the first real warning that the pilot was loosing control of the aircraft.
Is this from the book of the guy who recreated the flight or from the movie? Certainly wasn’t on any publicly available documents from investigators. Please share a link to your source
The movie had the plane hit the side of a mountain and explode.
@@janetwoods7362 The movie was not accurate, though. Poetic license.
Love the video, thanks for sharing, take care🙏❤
Very good watchable video thanks for doing it love watching it over and over again
It's odd if I am wrong about this is been on my mind but you told how they walked and board on the plane in order and Jessica Lange sweet dreams and Patsy and Loretta films showing Patsy riding shotgun up front with Randy but your story mentioned Patsy was in back seat behind Randy in plane when it crashed ? But love your story
@@mikecarpenter8022 You can never trust Hollywood for accuracy. They always go for sales rather than truth.
Patsy's mother was on the set and gave them perfect info, but they didn't listen to her. She said that they got everything wrong.
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I appreciate your heart. I've watched a few of your videos. Ignore rude comments...some people are just rude.. and stupid. You do a great job. God bless you young man
Thank you. This my first time seeing your channel. I love Patsy Cline. I am a country girl. Just remember watching videos of her singing crazy, and other songs. She was indeed one my grandmothers favorite and would often sing Patsy songs. I still have the VCR tape she recorded . I plan to convert it to DVD.. Something about her voice I just fell in love with. I love all of Patsy's songs but I love to sing I go a walking. It suits me. I find it hauntingly beautiful. I didn't know know that she was the only one that could be identified. We have seen the house she grew up in, been to her Museum. Sad she died so young.I am a Patsy Cline fan for Life. Hope to see more of your channel. Take care. Love,respect and positivity Always. Vee James.
What’s crazy to me is we hear her voice on old technology. It’s incredible, but I can’t begin to fathom what she sounded like in person, no mic, just her and the room.
It's also sad that in this day and age, nobody goes out walkin after midnight.
@@TheAppalachianSon Hauntingly beautiful I imagine!
That’s sad brother, I was 8 when this went down. Please don’t stop, you keep them alive with every post. Her voice was amazing.
So sad. God's Peace on all those great C&W Singers who perished along with Patsy. 💔🙏💜🥀
my favorite song from patsy cline is always different every month!! right now its half as much!
It’s the same for me. Currently Strange is the one!
Great content.. I was in Nashville back in November..went to Patsy's museum..pretty heart wrenching..I really liked her too..my favorite song is "crazy,", but I love it gets too..hard to choose just 1.. walking after midnight was another. Anyway, thanks
Overconfidence and get-there-itis have caused untold aircraft accidents. The weather may be fine at your destination, but what about departure /on route conditions? The 'I'll just turn around' scenario is not necessarily going to get you out of trouble, and not a good idea to try, especially if you have been advised not to fly. Dam shame, 4 lives lost. My parents were big fans of Patsy.
Or like the Lynyrd Skynyrd crash where the plane was known to be unsafe.
@@ilanamillion8942 Don't know much about that one, except the 30 year old Convair ran out of fuel and the flight crew attempted to land in a field but were about 400 yards short. If they hadn't run out of altitude and hit trees, they may have had a good chance.
Wow that's some resume 😊
Thanks for a great video. I've been a PC fan for decades👍🏻🌹
I envy anyone who was around when Patsy was alive& got to meet her. I was born years after she died. I love her haunting, beautiful voice, my mama would play her music for us & we watched Sweet Dreams. She seems so approachable & down to earth. She's in Heaven with her Charlie, he's seems to be the love of her life & visa-versa.
Very very well done dude thank u so much for that info I've always love Patsy Cline she is my favort singer of all I listen to her songs all day long if I could may they all rest in heavinly peace thank again dude well done have a beautiful day 😇
Thank you for a good presentation and photos I had not seen before. I have 2 observations: The pilot and John F Kennedy, Jr. had 3 things in common: low flight hours, no IFR rating, same crash circumstances. Patsy Cline's birth name was Virginia Patterson Hensley. Dick is her married name.
These two pilots also share a few other personality traits: extreme arrogance and overconfidence in their abilities. This is Darwinism at it's finest. It's just too bad that they took other people with them when they died.
Crazy is one of my favorite Patsy Cline songs. About 3 years ago I was in Nashville and went to the Patsy Cline museum. It was awesome!
Excellent narration
Just found you, really like your channel & thanks a bushel!
Hi "The Appalachian Son" just came across your channel and Im certainly glad I did !!! Great content 😁
Hi I will be following you! Good wishes on your upcoming videos!☺
I was 7 when the crash happened, the day before my birthday. I remember my mom and dad talking about it and they left me with a sitter while they traveled to Tenn to go to Hawkshaw's (Harold) funeral. By the way, he was my cousin, although I never got to meet him. My dad told me stories of Hawkshaw, who grew up in my town (Huntington, WV), playing music on his front porch and all the neighbors would gather around to listen to him. At 42, he was still young and would have become a huge country star if he had lived.
Being sick with a cold was the reason the Big Bopper decided to fly also Richie Valens,they didn't want to ride in a bus with no heat.thank you,new subscriber ♥️
Point of fact, as I can assume you know already, the planes occupants, along with the aircraft, were completely shattered into many pieces. Patsy was the only one found mostly intact. Not trying to be gruesome, and mean no disrespect to the victims at all. Plane wrecks are a horrible tragedy.
Thank you for your comment. You’re absolutely right. The FAA report (it’s somewhere in the video) list the cause of death as “complete destruction with lacerations to all parts of their bodies”. I just wanted this to be more of a memorial than a scary story so I went with what they wrote on the report.
@@TheAppalachianSon understood
Can’t shield people from reality forever. Like with car crashes, they go through so much trouble covering up the dead bodies when it’s what people need to see so they slow down in the future and take more care while driving.
@@penelopelopez8296 I am sorry these people had such a horrible death. I have to disagree with your comment that people need to see such things so that they won’t drive fast tho. Why? When I was 19 my fiancée was hit head on by an 18-wheeler. A family member saw fit to show me a picture of my fiancés car after he was killed. I am now 65, and despite seeking help, I still am deeply traumatized by the incident. I am glad I didn’t have to identify the body, his brother did that. I don’t know how he managed it, as my guy was beheaded as result of the accident . No one should ever see such horror unless absolutely necessary.
@@penelopelopez8296 No you don’t want to see that
What a voice she had!💜& you have beautiful eyes😉🙏
Nice and respectful video, thank you. I'm an anthropologist but I've never heard the term "mortuary anthropologist." Why do these pilots always ignore good advice and poor weather conditions? So sad. I'm currently in Medellín, Colombia, but originally born in California. My good friend and neighbor was from Little Rock, Arkansas and I had a chance to visit once many years ago. Beautiful country.
Sweet Dreams and Crazy are my two favorites. I was just at the crash site last weekend. Been there a few times already but still and wonder what it was like on that day. There is a circle of rocks behinds the marker that indicate where her body was found. Great video btw.
Thank you for the compliment and sharing your adventures. I haven’t been yet, but it’s on my list of places to go for sure.
My very favorite song that Patsy sang was Sweet Dreams. All of her songs were good.
Thank you 🙏🏼 very informative video great content .👏👏👏👍🏻
Keep up the good work , loved your research on The Patsy Cline plane crash . I love the music of Patsy Cline , Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins
Wow! I just stumbled across your channel. I must say I thoroughly enjoyed this video. I found it very informative yet entertaining. (Entertaining may be the wrong word I'm looking for.... we're talking about souls being lost) anyway I thought you did a wonderful job young man and I'm looking forward to catching some of your other videos.
I am grateful for your time and comment. Thank you for enjoying it even though my audio editing isn't top-notch. Will get better!
I live about a half hour away from cowboy copas hometown in Adams county Ohio( Blue Creek) i didn't see realize he was born and lived there until i seen a sign saying it was his hometown.
Thank you for sharing, Brad!
Your channel will be huge in a very short time, wait and see!
Rogers AR airport is one of 3 (at least) private airports in Northwest Arkansas. It was most probably the one used by Sam Walton, the owner of Walmart. I've spoken with Walton's pilot and he liked the airport there, flying Walton all over the area. As such, this location would have been well equipped and able to provide excellent ground services, including weather forecast info from pilots in the area. The weather in NW Arkansas is highly unstable, and no one would ever take off unless instrument rated and well experienced. The fact that the pilot disregarded these basic safety standards shows negligence, or perhaps that he didn't control the decision., It makes me wonder if Patsy Cline was aware of the danger and forced the situation. Nevertheless, the pilot should never have flown under these conditions regardless of the pressure. Really sad part is, they could have been at their destination by car had they left after the show the day before.
She joins the sad tragic death by aircrash group of Ricky Nelson, Otis Redding, Richie Valens, Buddy Holly, Jim Reeves, Jim Croce, John Denver, Ronnie Van Zant, Bill Graham, Glen Miller, Stevie Ray Vaughn, John Walton (Sam Walton's son), and many others.
I live In eureka springs just a few miles from Rogers, Ar never knew this fact
I learned from other presentations that Patsy was overheard telling Randy she'd do whatever he wanted to do. Stay or go-his decision. Also, Roger Miller (yes-the legend) was the first searcher to find the crash site.
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First visit to your channel. I love your presentation style, truly excellent . The topic is fascinating to me and you did a great and respectful job of describing the situation .
Thank you so much. I really appreciate your comment!
The plane crashed near
Camden TN. And even in
2022 people are still coming to look at the area.
I just moved to a town just south of dyersburg! That's so cool that i just saw this, awesome video!
Great video 👏🏻🥰‼️
Loved Patsy's Music and loved the movie Sweet Dreams about her life.
Great show brother
My father had all her records in the early 60s. We played them on the HiFi when Dad got home from work. I still play her stuff - what a voice. My favorite song by Patsy is Mariah. But Triangle one is good, and He's Got You.
Best of luck on your channel. 💚💚💚
Hi, From Ohio.I was listening to Olivia sing. Down by the Ohio.And stumbled upon you,and the story of Patsy. I like your content. Nice Presentation.
Great video, i subbed, now on to watch ur other videos 👍
Well done! I love Patsy Cline! I can still hear my mom singing her songs. Her voice was eerily similar!
Really good presentation. My Mum likes Patsy Cline. You have a really good channel
Thank you, Michelle!
Well done. Very respectful and interesting.
Just found this Blog. Seems Interesting! I subscribed today!
I think my favorite Patsy Cline is “Crazy”. I love her music. That gal could sing! Thanks for the story.
I was only a year old in 1962. I can remember my aunt's always sang Satin Sheets to lie on. No no and I got a little bit older I started listening to Patsy. My favorite songs are satin sheets, crazy, walking after midnight, but the one I used to sing a lot when I was little was Make The World Go Away.
The world lost a true treasure when we lost Patsy Cline she had the most amazeing voice of any country singer then or now ...sure there's others that are really good but there will always be only one Patsy Cline !
Glad I found your channel, you sir have a new sub.
On another video regarding the plane crash, the commentator said that Randy Hugh's hit the top of a tree and the engine immediately fell out and then the plane took the nose dive. [PATSY CLINE PLANE CRASH - INTERVIEW WITH JERRY PHIFER]Also Roger Miller after he heard about he plane crash was first on the scene the following day and kept running through the forest yelling. And when he arrived at the crash, he said it was a ghastly site. No bodies just parts and pieces of flesh in the trees. And Patsy's foot was in a tree, it had nail polish on it. I heard that people that survive near death experiences, or are ressuscitated afterwards, say that everything slows down and their whole life flashes before them. So what we see is seconds and what they experience is time slowed down. So! Dottie West after she offered Patsy to ride with her and her husband in their car[which would have been a 16 hour trip and Patsy had already survived 2 bad car wrecks and was afraid of cars] Patsy said "When it's your time to go, it's your time to go". I have never been a fan of Country Music. But listening to Patsy Cline recently, she was one of the greatest singers of ALL time. What a voice, timeless. I grew up in Nashville and as a young person a friend took me over to his friend's house and while there, he told me "That's Patsy Cline son Randy"; and when I saw him, [I had never really heard her music, just heard of her], I looked at his face and he wasn't very friendly, and his last name was Dick, so most people would not know he was Patsy's son. And then when I saw a photo of her in a record shop; I noticed he looked just like Patsy, Just like her. The daughter looks more like Patsy's husband. I just feel sad for all of them. Randy Hugh's literally killed everyone on board. All 3 airports begged him not to fly. They could not book a commercial flight because of very dense they would not fly, due to very low visibility. What arrogance. What a shame. I have been watching a lot of documentaries of Patsy Cline after hearing the details of her untimely death. Crazy is my favorite song she does. So beautiful and it is said she she recorded it on the first take. Own Bradley changed her style and artistry to more mainstream than country. My friend told me that the dad was not very nice and wouldn't let them have any of the money. How sad. She has sold millions since her death. I hope her children Randy and Julie are monetarily compensated, not having their mom. I heard that Patsy's mother raised them and the husband remarried. Thank You! for your video. I enjoyed it.
When it’s your time it’s your time... That’s what Ronnie Van Zant of Lynyrd Skynyrd also said to the band before their plane crash. I agree with you that Randy Hughes did kill everyone on board with his arrogance. I didn’t say it in the video, but I read Patsy’s husband was not a nice man. One of the reasons she took the flight with Randy Hughes was her husband saying he was, “tired of dealing with the kids - get back ASAP.”
@@TheAppalachianSon Wow!!!! Look how much money he has made off of her music. When I think of her going down in the plane it makes me sad. Thank You!
For far too short a time, I was Facebook friends with Patsy's son Randy. He sent me a commemoration plaque from when a US Postal stamp was made of Patsy. I've also talked with her daughter Julie a time or two via the same social media. Without going into any detail, Randy has had a hard life. I imagine that's why he didn't last too long on Facebook. Can't even fathom what it was like for him, years living in the shadow of a famous family tragedy. From what comments I can remember of his posts, very few who "friended" him were actually interested in him as his own person, just that he was Patsy's son.
A few of us fans (there's a WHOLE community of what we lovingly call "Patsifans") tried to be real friends to him, even if just on social media, but I think all the attention proved to be too much for him.
And as far as Charlie Dick, Patsy's widower, not being a nice man. It's more nuanced than that. That said, the fellow fans who'd met him at fan events, well, the reports weren't all that great. Of course, they were seeing the man he'd become, not the man he was when married to Patsy. Charlie passed on in November of 2015.