Jake Duncan about the morning of the 19th.

[The Flying Dutchman]

It's easy to jugde now. We weren't there. We don't know in what condition Aycock was. Yep he was driving all night, but maybe he slept all day before in the bus? Who knows? How could Jake forsee what would happen? He went up with Aycock as well. Would he gamble his life if he wasn't sure? Maybe, maybe not. We weren't there. Maybe Randy wasn't sure at first but he went up because everything looks fine the first ride? Sometimes things can't be predicted. It's a very small chance but it's always there though: one moment everything looks fine, the next second something snaps in someone's head and fate is there..........
And lets not forget: they trusted Aycock enough to let him drive the tourbus....

[RhoadsRockPhotographer]

As for Don watching a struggle in the plane via his telescopic camera lens.......well being a photographer for many years, shooting concerts, wildlife, and a keen astro-photographer, I find it hard to believe for two reasons.

1- tracking and keeping focus on a reasonably fast moving object, even a plane, is difficult at best, especially if you are zoomed in, which to see whats going on in a cockpit with any certainty, you would have to be. Even having your camera on a tripod, would still make it difficult. When not using a tripod, camera shake is a bitch, no lens stability technology back then. I would guess the photos Don took were not zoomed in, but rather wide shots. Grab an old SLR camera and try it for yourself.

2- Don says he took a few photos, and then turned his back to walk away, when he glanced back over his shoulder, the wing almost collected him, and the accident unfolded. So why, if watching a struggle in the cockpit would he stop watching, turn your back and walk away? And there was no reason for him not to mention that to the police either. Why did he turn and walk away, well maybe he thought they'd made their last pass.

Exactly.

A ridiculous "story" is all that was.

Nothing more.