Our greatest loss?

by **saxitoxin** on Tue Dec 18, 2018 5:43 am

John Denver would have been 75 at the end of this month.

by **saxitoxin** on Tue Dec 18, 2018 5:53 am

Fun fact I just learned today ... Annie's Song was the only John Denver song that made the UK charts.

by **HitRed** on Tue Dec 18, 2018 8:03 am

I always confused him with Jack Ritter.

by **DoomYoshi** on Tue Dec 18, 2018 8:21 am

viewtopic.php?f=634&t=227921#p5041957

by **KoolBak** on Tue Dec 18, 2018 9:41 am

I assume "our" to mean the USA in this context. So yes, John. Have most of his albums, listened to him most of my life.

"Our" in a world context may not be the same....but....selfish.

Heard he was drunk (surprise) when he crashed....maybe it hurt less :cry:

by **HitRed** on Tue Dec 18, 2018 10:18 am

KoolBak wrote:I assume "our" to mean the USA in this context. So yes, John. Have most of his albums, listened to him most of my life.

"Our" in a world context may not be the same....but....selfish.

Heard he was drunk (surprise) when he crashed....maybe it hurt less

I think his plane (he owned over 200!) ran out of gas.

by **KoolBak** on Tue Dec 18, 2018 11:33 am

Well, here's the official explanation, however it seems odd to have lost control so totally (Dimey? Your thots? You're the only pilot I know....)

COPY ( https://www.ntsb.gov/news/press-release ... light.aspx )

The National Transportation Safety Board has determined today that popular entertainer John Denver fatally crashed his experimental aircraft into Monterey Bay because his attention during flight was diverted in an attempt to switch fuel tanks. The fuel selector valve on the amateur-built Adrian Davis Long-EZ airplane Denver was flying was behind the pilot's left shoulder, forcing him to turn in his seat to locate the handle. This action, the Board concluded, likely caused him to inadvertently apply the right rudder, resulting in loss of aircraft control.

On October 12, 1997 Mr. Denver was performing touch and go operations in his recently purchased aircraft at the Monterey Peninsula Airport located in Pacific Grove, California. The pilot touched down three times before turning west and heading out into Monterey Bay. Moments later witnesses reported hearing a reduction in engine noise. The pilot made no distress calls and the aircraft was destroyed when it impacted the bay. The pilot and the majority of the aircraft were recovered.

Contributing to the crash was the pilot's inadequate preflight planning, specifically his failure to refuel the plane. The Board further determined that the builder's decision to locate the unmarked fuel selector handle in a difficult to access location, combined with unmarked fuel gauges was a causal factor in the accident. Additionally, the Board found that the pilot failed to train himself adequately for the transition to this type of aircraft and was inexperienced flying the Long-EZ.

by **saxitoxin** on Tue Dec 18, 2018 11:41 am

KoolBak wrote:I assume "our" to mean the USA in this context.

WORLD

by **KoolBak** on Tue Dec 18, 2018 1:21 pm

Thanks for the abrupt clarification :lol:

by **HitRed** on Tue Dec 18, 2018 1:46 pm

and non-standard placement of the fuel selector valve by the kit plane's builder, at variance with Burt Rutan's specifications. Denver was aware of the relocated valve prior to take off...

by **saxitoxin** on Tue Dec 18, 2018 2:04 pm

Whomever voted Princess Diana: GET OUT.

by **saxitoxin** on Tue Dec 18, 2018 2:13 pm

I found this acapella cover of Annie's Song which I like (you have to ignore the creepy Eastern European guy performing it).

I read that Annie Martell is now 72 years old and lives in seclusion in Aspen.

by **saxitoxin** on Tue Dec 18, 2018 2:14 pm

DoomYoshi wrote:https://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=634&t=227921#p5041957

by **saxitoxin** on Tue Dec 18, 2018 3:11 pm

Here's an Aryan kid performing Leaving on a Jet Plane on the Dutch THE VOICE!

by **saxitoxin** on Tue Dec 18, 2018 10:29 pm

by **Dukasaur** on Tue Dec 18, 2018 10:38 pm

John Denver for sure.

by **saxitoxin** on Tue Dec 18, 2018 10:45 pm

Dukasaur wrote:John Denver for sure.

by **HitRed** on Tue Dec 18, 2018 10:53 pm

saxitoxin wrote:Here's an Haplogroup H (mtDNA) performing Leaving on a Jet Plane on the Dutch THE VOICE!

by **saxitoxin** on Tue Dec 18, 2018 10:55 pm

HitRed wrote:
saxitoxin wrote:Here's an Haplogroup H (mtDNA) performing Leaving on a Jet Plane on the Dutch THE VOICE!

by **betiko** on Wed Dec 19, 2018 5:28 am

I didn’t know john denver was dead. As a result i had to vote for a princess

by **waauw** on Wed Dec 19, 2018 6:05 am

The death of Bambi's mother has had more effect on me than these two. I don't know who John Denver was and Princess Diana died when I was still in middle school.

by **2dimes** on Wed Dec 19, 2018 8:55 am

waauw wrote:I don't know who John Denver was and Princess Diana died when I was still in middle school.

You can still have an opinion. The ram has a similar level of knowledge about the protestors in Belgium. You don't see him slowing down before he types about that.

by **Dukasaur** on Wed Dec 19, 2018 9:27 am

waauw wrote:The death of Bambi's mother has had more effect on me than these two. I don't know who John Denver was and Princess Diana died when I was still in middle school.

Fucking children these days.

Until you've sang "Country Roads" around a campfire and had a massive group hug, you're not even part of society.

by **2dimes** on Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:57 pm

These two don't even make my top hundred.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=AQwx7kWCimo