Do Pre-Crash Plane Photos Exist?

stlrox · Post by **stlrox** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 8:04 pm

I was reviewing some old stuff and noticed something in the pre-crash sketch that I glanced right over all the times I looked at it. See the attachment it indicates that a "Reproduction" of a photo of the plane flying low was made for the report.

Does this mean there are actual photo's of the plane doing the buzzing and low runs prior to the crash?

That would really freak me out. That could also explain Rudy's explanation that Randy was fighting with Aycock. Did he see pictures of this?

dfanucci · Post by **dfanucci** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 8:35 pm

That reproduction is an actual shot taken by Don with Randy onboard as the plane was buzzing the bus. That is part of the NTSB report. The term "Reproduction" is used because it is a photo copy of the actual photograph of the plane in flight.

The position of the aircraft would actually be 90 degrees to how the report shows the bus and house.

I had a flight instructor that had a copy of the NTSB report as he was a Rhoads fan. It is a very chilling picture.

-D

romeorose · Post by **romeorose** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 9:32 pm

I think Don Airey has lots of photos right before the crash, I remember Ironface telling me Don has photos of Randy getting on, and sitting in the plane just before take off. But he says Don is still torn up over it & those photos will probably never see the light of day.

wareagle · Post by **wareagle** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 12:20 am

stlrox · Post by **stlrox** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 2:41 am

romeorose wrote:I think Don Airey has lots of photos right before the crash, I remember Ironface telling me Don has photos of Randy getting on, and sitting in the plane just before take off. But he says Don is still torn up over it & those photos will probably never see the light of day.

Wow,

That is freaky. Thanks for the info, I looked at that sketch hundreds of time and just never noticed it. I always thought it was a sketch.