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GA Question...Bonanza Crash that killed Buddy H...

Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:37 pm
by Ian Quinn
...and others.

Some claims on other forums that it was called 'Miss American Pie' and photos exist of it with that painted on.

Think it's an urban myth myself but would love to be proved wrong :)

Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 3:58 pm
by K5DH
"Snopes.com", the "Mythbusters" of the internet, says that the rumour that the ill-fated Bonanza was named "Miss American Pie" is pure fiction, and that the origin of the rumour is unknown. Singer/songwriter Don McLean has publicly stated that his hit song, "American Pie", was not named after the Bonanza (which had no name), saying that he just made the name of the song up.

Dean the researcher :wink:

Re: GA Question...Bonanza Crash that killed Buddy H...

Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 4:08 pm
by BK
Ian Quinn wrote:...and others.

Some claims on other forums that it was called 'Miss American Pie' and photos exist of it with that painted on.

Think it's an urban myth myself but would love to be proved wrong :)


Urban legend, the only thing on the side of the plane was "N3794N."

http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/americanpie.asp

Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 12:16 pm
by Ian Quinn
Thanks guys! - that's what I thought