Leaving on a jet Plane, the song, his voice is a miracle, something singers today cannot match. No auto-tune, just talent.
@timh83243 ай бұрын
And also foretelling...
@MichaelLeBlanc-p4f11 ай бұрын
Those of a certain age and spirit know John Denver expressed things in his songs that touched us deeply. Every time I happen to hear him, I'm instantly transported in time to the happiest of my days of my life . . . and he wasn't 'grungy', didn't need to be 'edgy' and never tried to be 'edgy' for attention. Had some close friends just like him . . . Believe that was the secret to his success.
@michaelryan241611 ай бұрын
1st album that I ever owned was Rocky Mt High I was entranced by the melodies. I was about 11 years old. A very fond memory. Made me want to move to the woods. I was a Brooklyn boy at the time. It set me imagination afire
@KLGB25R11 ай бұрын
I'm listening to John Denver right now.
@Woodbug-b7t11 ай бұрын
He was incredible to see Live, sounded even better than his Studio recordings.
@kevinm402211 ай бұрын
My mother got me into John. I will always love his music. His music makes me remember her. I want to think about his life and his music not his death
@genuineimpulse913411 ай бұрын
He came every summer and stayed in a hotel I worked at in Jackson Hole WY. He drank a very expensive Remy Martin Cognac in 1994 it was $ 35 a shot and he'd tip the staff a bottle so we could all try a tiny taste.
@theresamealer331410 ай бұрын
What an awesome memory...thx.for sharing♡
@kevinmarsh510110 ай бұрын
Probably a bottle of Remy Martin Louis XIII. Probably the second most prestigious Cognac in the world besides Esprit De Courvoisier which contains Cognac that was distilled the year of Napoleon Bonaparte's coronation as emperor of France, making it close to 200 years old.
@mirabellaolson64102 ай бұрын
I always buy Remy Martin VSOP when I want champagne cognac because it is the best!
@Inkling77711 ай бұрын
Another factor in the crash bears mentioning. Experienced pilots saw that awkwardly placed fuel switch and told him to never try to switch tanks in flight. They suggested he watch his fuel status and return to the airport when the tank he was using ran low.
@workingguy-OU81211 ай бұрын
I think I'd rather unbuckle my straps to reach the fuel switch. It seems like he wasn't watching his fuel levels.
@bugsysdadenterprises11 ай бұрын
I saw a good video demonstrating the difficulty in shifting fuel tanks. It involved unbuckling his safety belt, then twisting full to his left to reach the valve. The natural tendency doing this would likely have you pushing with your right leg to help twisting nearly 180 degrees. One theory was that he put the plane into a hard roll, and lost lift by inadvertently pushing the rudder with his right leg. He was at a low altitude and had very little time to correct the nasty roll. I don't have any knowledge of the Long EZ, but from what I've heard is that it isn't a very stable air-frame, in upsets. Once he mashed that rudder down hard, it was all over. A hard right roll moment stalling that wing and it was over. God Bless him. I'm sure he has some nice iron to fly in heaven. The Lord likes pilots, since he's claimed quite a bunch.
@FLPhotoCatcher11 ай бұрын
@@bugsysdadenterprises Some were claimed by the *other* side.
@bugsysdadenterprises11 ай бұрын
Indeed, that's the sad truth.
@BrothaReef11 ай бұрын
Sunshine on My shoulders is my favorite Denver song R.I.P.
@jrlagoni4 ай бұрын
Met him when he was staying across the hall in a Pebble Beach hotel during the annual golf tournament. I think Feb 1995. He was very nice and normal. We both had our significant others with us - who happened to be 2 blonde beauties. Those were the days! Now I am 71, alone with a dog....but a great dog!
@bill206610 ай бұрын
GRUNGE! It wasn't "Changing Engines." It was Changing Fuel Tanks
@eldenstrawder61766 ай бұрын
Can you imagine the pilot says well its a good time to take that engine out and put that new one in before we land at Kennedy air field 😅
@bill20666 ай бұрын
@@eldenstrawder6176lolzzzz
@woodsie54745 ай бұрын
I was looking to see if anyone else noticed. It is at 2:34. Most people seeing how the lines were run, used the longer route of putting them in the front so they wouldn't have to stretch to change it. My father, before his death, considered buying one that someone else built, but they followed the original design of behind the pilot plumbing. That made the decision for him.
@markw20811 ай бұрын
His music was different than almost anything else at the time. In the 60’s and 70’s there was a lot of drug experimentation by many artists. John Denver’s songs were about honest, introspective living. I wasn’t a big fan but his death was very unfortunate. He still had a huge following and had more to offer. No one filled his shoes
@chriscampbell920711 ай бұрын
I found his music a bit too "goody goody"...pop and rock fan
@doilyhead11 ай бұрын
@@chriscampbell9207 Am into all kinds of music including heavy metal and punk. Loved John Denver. Am still mad about how he died.
@ralphmorris81496 ай бұрын
Ooh Chris John's music spoke of life's true high's. Flying like a bird, horse back riding in his beloved mountain's.pop and rock n roll have their place mostly in the adrinel gland. Love Elvis, Beach Boys, even the Stones. But John had a pedes tel all his own. R.I.P John.@@chriscampbell9207
@catherinesvbialosh726011 ай бұрын
I loved his music as a young child and sang Country Roads and Leaving on a Jet Plane everytime I was putting my son to bed ❤❤
@micheleaustin7946 ай бұрын
I'll always love John Denver, he showed me how to live through his music and visions. He carried me to calmer days especially when I was a very young child in a very emotionally abusive home. He's home..... and soon I'll be able to hear him sing again. It clearly was a perfect day to fly him to heaven 💓💓💓💓💓
@Ashas.Garden11 ай бұрын
I enjoy his music. R.I.P.
@charliec565311 ай бұрын
Why anybody would put a vital engine control in such an inconvenient place is a mystery to me.
@arthurfoyt672711 ай бұрын
If you are afraid of running fuel lines into the cabin, you remote mouth the switch. Simple.
@chrisroberts56687 ай бұрын
It should have been much much bigger, so you could just reach over your head,, /, shoulder and turn it easily.
@soniatorres522711 ай бұрын
My very fav is Country Roads. How crazy to get on an experimental plain . RIP still missed
@danwebb441811 ай бұрын
Any place that they love music as much as they do in Ireland is home to me. John Denver Cork music festival, Ireland, 1986, before he broke into Back Home Again..
@davidjaap213011 ай бұрын
Im not sure how to put it, its like he eas able to put my feelings into words, then song. My favorite song was Annies Song. RIP brother. 🙏❤😥
@mariaceciliahidalgo33373 ай бұрын
Not matter what someone say, he has the most wonderful voice!
@supergg0711 ай бұрын
I was nine years old. I lived about a mile away from his grandma that lived in corn Oklahoma, then found out that my aunt by marriage was his cousin.
@lilybond648511 ай бұрын
What a sad demise for him.
@dreamnumber9911 ай бұрын
Annie's Song what a classic
@kathywarcup37402 ай бұрын
THIS WAS REALLY HARD TO WATCH THE DAY BEFORE THE 27 th ANNIVERSARY of his crash!! R.I.P. JOHN. YOU ARE MISSED SO MUCH!!😢
@marilyntaylor957711 ай бұрын
All these years, I thought he had built it himself. Thank you
@cliffordbowman677711 ай бұрын
Me also
@shannonnewman309111 ай бұрын
R.I.P.
@ScottyColoradoKid11 ай бұрын
Why do you talk about his drug use so much when he was totally clean & sober at the time of the crash?
@ggeorge414411 ай бұрын
It shows his character. People who use drugs to cope have serious problems.
@WayneLeng8 ай бұрын
@@ggeorge4144 Not necessarily true. Just look at the society we are living in, especially the United States and say that.
@missscarling8 ай бұрын
If someone has ever done acid they can have a flashback at any time, even years later.
@jumpingspooder7 ай бұрын
He died 5 years before I was born. If he were still alive today, I would've loved to meet him. Beautiful music from a man who loved nature.
@crazyprayingmantis559611 ай бұрын
Note to self, don't fly planes built by amateurs
@nightstand6811 ай бұрын
That goes for submergables as well.
@mikeedwards262111 ай бұрын
@@nightstand68very true!
@shannonnewman309111 ай бұрын
Yep
@Mizgrievoux11 ай бұрын
If I ever reach rockstar status it’s a giant air whale or wheels, no small planes or helicopters for me 😂
@ericsonhazeltine506411 ай бұрын
I would never fly in a machine that I assembled myself
@rockit655311 ай бұрын
I love all his stuff but particularly Looking for Space. When that song finishes I can't even move, so transfixing.
@Cindy-mp8xo10 ай бұрын
That song came out while I was in high school and I didn't pay much heed to it. Now it is so relatable.
@Foo00711 ай бұрын
Fun Fact: “Take Me Home Country Road” wasn’t actually about West Va - it was about Clopper Rd. In Gaithersburg, MD
@flyer576911 ай бұрын
This taught me never to fly an airplane I have to unbuckle to do something important.
@ZENmud11 ай бұрын
He asked me to park his Porsche 928 at the hotel I worked, in Vail, in 1982 or 1983... I did💔
@scattysafari77428 ай бұрын
Awesome. Did it have the Far Out license plate it had at one point?
@ZENmud8 ай бұрын
@scattysafari7742 I don't think I ever looked at it... we were just chatting, and he asked: "can you park it?" 😇 Flipped me the keys 🔑 and I just put it in our lot; $10 or 20 tip...
@pilot301611 ай бұрын
Correct! The FAA had revoked his Pilots License.
@Mizgrievoux11 ай бұрын
If I ever reach rockstar status it’s a giant air whale or wheels, no small planes or helicopters for me 😂
@cherylb200811 ай бұрын
He simply ran out of gas It was a cluster ____. Of wrong moves in a new altered plane.
@KeithHays-ek4vr11 ай бұрын
John was an experienced and exuberant - but not good - pilot. I watched a video he made where he pulled a very untidy loop - and thought it was pretty good. - He could have flown with more fuel on his last day, and chose not to. - A very good man, filled with enthusiasm for life - and good causes - but not a great pilot.
@robstanton921511 ай бұрын
NTSB doesn’t prevent you from getting a medical or suspend your pilot certificate. The FAA does and will suspend it but will also allow a reissue with a new medical after I think a year if you can prove you aren’t a risk for future DUI. In other words he needed to complete a court mandated rehab and have doctors sign off that he was okay to fly and not a risk to be flying or driving under the influence.
@arthurfoyt672711 ай бұрын
It still shows bad judgement to fly illegally; and that "bad judgement" also was seen in his not topping off before flying a plane that he knew almost nothing about.
@robstanton921511 ай бұрын
@@arthurfoyt6727 I agree with you there
@KLGB25R11 ай бұрын
I believe you'll find that "was technically illegal" = "was illegal"... :-(
@transformer88911 ай бұрын
tells something that we already didn't know
@gregobern608410 ай бұрын
John Denver appeared at Edina High school to demo his first album and say he approved of non violent protest against the war or Kent State, I bought 2 of his albums which were similar to "Mamas and papas meet peter paul and mary"
@HailAnts11 ай бұрын
Ok, here's the deal. He ran out of fuel shortly after takeoff. The plane had been modified putting its fuel selector out of easy reach of the pilot. Denver had to unbuckle himself to operate it. In doing so it took too much time to switch it, the engine stalled, he could not restart it before crashing into the sea. The impact was so severe that his head was severed in the crash, and possibly not recovered. That's it..
@Tinbender-zr4jd11 ай бұрын
Actually, you have that wrong. According to the accident report, his engine was running just fine. It is believed that when he twisted to change fuel tanks, he would have inadvertently moved the control stick to the side when he was looking backwards which caused him to lose control of the aircraft. It is called pilot induced upset with spatial disorientation.
@funjuror11 ай бұрын
When I looked at Kermit the Frog, I see John Denver.
@1bol3909 ай бұрын
they were great friends.
@esthervarney40113 ай бұрын
no matter how John Denver died it will not bring him back😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢 He died doing something he loved Miss you John❤❤❤❤❤
@ImpendingRival11 ай бұрын
If they make a Movie about him, Josh Hartnett should play him
@Fruitful888Ай бұрын
🙏🕊RIP John Denver 🕊🙏
@sandyblue42356 ай бұрын
I l9ve I'd rather be a cowboy the melody is haunting and beautiful
@jackzimmer655311 ай бұрын
Fly and experimental should never be in the same sentence unless you’re in the military and a test pilot. My father in law was a test pilot for the USAF!
@ggeorge414411 ай бұрын
That is not true. As a CFII with thousands of hours flying time I have built my own airplanes and flown many experimentals. It is not something that is dangerous if you know what you are doing and take proper precautions. It is sad that stars that crash make it seem reckless to uninformed people.
@jackzimmer655311 ай бұрын
@@ggeorge4144 I’ll take your word for it.
@robstanton921511 ай бұрын
There are a huge category of experimental class aircraft that you can buy built by the manufacturer or in kit form. Cub Crafters, Piper, Rans, KitFox, Highlander, etc., etc.. The list goes on and on. Most bush planes fall in the “experimental” category. Experimental in aviation doesn’t mean what many think it does.
@arthurfoyt672711 ай бұрын
@@ggeorge4144 It's dangerous if you buy someone else's "project" and assume the wrong fuel burn numbers. An O-320 can burn almost 15GPG in full rich and full power at sea level.
@mojito-alongtimeago7 ай бұрын
3:15 nothing sad in autopsy. Why the misleading title? … Sad most times someone dies.
@thomasmcdaniel62644 ай бұрын
Hindsight of course: flying is dangerous and should be taken seriously😢 he had $60 million and if he was not comfortable with the technology of that plane, why did he continue with it?🤔
@tammywooley26354 ай бұрын
The biggest and most fatal mistake he ever did was buy that plane and not listen or read the consumer reports
@earth200611 ай бұрын
What did the space shuttle have to do with any of this.?
@juliemonyak89843 ай бұрын
He applied for Challenger that was not selected. He had said that he fought to have citizens on it.
@doctorfiber14 ай бұрын
Grunge! He WAS NOT changing engines, he was switching tanks.
@m_a_s606911 ай бұрын
How did he keep his pilot's license after a few DUIs?
@bwasman84097 күн бұрын
What did you gain from this video that has already been stated? Just the revenue from the video?
@aliyeberzati22872 ай бұрын
Calypso is my favorite song from John Denver
@kurtissutley14859 ай бұрын
It was not "technically" illegal. It WAS illegal for him to be piloting the plane. He did not have a valid pilot's license. That's as good as not having one at all.
@cynthiagonzalez65810 ай бұрын
I had all his albums. Too bad they all got left behind and lost.
@JohnDoe-ot3zd9 ай бұрын
Was a great singer. I miss his music.
@sandyblue42356 ай бұрын
My dog died in the same year in November
@attygarland69095 ай бұрын
MY GOD, I'M A COUNTRY BUOY .. !
@davidswelt11 ай бұрын
This is such a poorly researched report. A pilot is not going to "switch engines" in a single-engine Long EZ (and in any plane, for that matter), And the NTSB is not the agency that issues, or denies medicals for pilots. I gave up at that point. The problem with the fuel selector is well-known.
@John-cy6lr4 ай бұрын
I'm leaving on a jet plane😢I guess you're right.
@arthurfoyt672711 ай бұрын
Well, regardless of who you are, airplanes still need gas. Don't short the gas.
@jeffreyhall21369 ай бұрын
Change engines?
@careycrowson-ud2px11 ай бұрын
I love it when people who obviously know nothing about their subjects post idiotic videos. Switching engines in flight??? Btw, John was clean and sober when the crash occurred occurred. Silly video.
@morenointl11 ай бұрын
Interested
@chriscampion990610 ай бұрын
It sucks that the loction of a fuel switch cost the lose of this this mans voice sn song writing
@jltuttle166710 ай бұрын
"You feed the dogs... I'll feed the fish" (J. Denver)
@theflyinghamster844210 ай бұрын
licence revoked to fly but still does. At least he didn't kill anyone.
@kenyapressley670611 ай бұрын
HE WAS KILLED
@chriscampbell920711 ай бұрын
Stop the conspirarcy theories
@muffs55mercury613 ай бұрын
With him being such a nature lover he would not be happy with so much of our land being destroyed by greedy land developers to put in overpriced houses and apartments on. It's happening just 15 miles from me and much of the same happening in his favorite state of Colorado. Regardless of where the fuel selector was, why did he take off with a nearly empty fuel tank?
@fredtedstedman11 ай бұрын
GRUNGE and JOHN DENVER not 2 closely associated subjects ??
@MsBackstager9 ай бұрын
Still telling us zero! :(
@jackspeer212710 ай бұрын
Is that a Zaouli mask on the wall behind you?
@manuelvazquez875810 ай бұрын
So the sad things found at John Denvers autopsy was just a lie to get us to watch this video. Why would I or anyone else watch another GRUNGE video?
@reggiefurlow111 ай бұрын
Why would you try to fly something " experimental" that just sounds bad
@savagecub11 ай бұрын
“Trying to change engines” ???
@philipbuckley75911 ай бұрын
focus on the topic autopsy.....other than his body was destroyed in the crash, I cant think of any important information that would be found....in the autopsy..
@needingariseАй бұрын
For Bobbie
@VerissimusAurelius6 ай бұрын
Why you bring up drugs, and alcohol? They had nothing to do with this crash.
@Laakona11 ай бұрын
in the early 1970s, during gas rationing and shortages, Denver was found to have 2 10,000 gallon in-ground gas tanks on his property in Colorado.
@Jkaye139 ай бұрын
So..? Your point? Do you think he was the only rich person to have gas at his property? Money can buy what money wants..
@DanFrederiksen11 ай бұрын
Cocaine is a helluva drug
@kiaramcneese850111 ай бұрын
Note to self do research on the plane and pilot that’s why the submarine drowned because a amateur built it
@ArizVern11 ай бұрын
NO PILOT LICENSE NEEDED FOR EXPERIMENTAL OR HOME MADE PLANE.
@arthurfoyt672711 ай бұрын
Ah..... no. You still need a pilots certificate and medical.
@robstanton921511 ай бұрын
No certificate for ultra lights which are not the same as experimental.
@Bob-cd5pp7 күн бұрын
wrong had no medical 2 DUIs
@patriciaschuster137110 ай бұрын
More money than brains.
@JayRee199311 ай бұрын
Bad build.
@arthurfoyt672711 ай бұрын
Bad pilotage.
@JayRee199311 ай бұрын
Guess you didn't watch the video.@@arthurfoyt6727
@MrMike9ed11 ай бұрын
He was a convicted wife basher. more than one domestic violence report.
@linda1098911 ай бұрын
Ikr? Didn't he destroy his marriage bed with a chainsaw?
@1bol3909 ай бұрын
Convicted? I never heard of him laying a hand on any of his two wives.
@jeannehall654611 ай бұрын
There was a report that a load of guns, rifles and other ammunition were found in the trunk of his Porsche in the airport parking lot the day of his death. It’s possible that he had an elaborate plan to commit suicide.
@judydenver536211 ай бұрын
This isn't true, at all, so sorry. He had ONE gun, locked in a gun case, for self defense, in the trunk, if he got attacked, when he was alone, without his Bodyguards, I KNOW.
@cliffordbowman677711 ай бұрын
Please don’t start that crap
@resocujr4 ай бұрын
It was a single revolver found under the front seat of his vehicle...
@Susieq2675411 ай бұрын
Note to self....just because someone looks like a peaceful hippie doesn't make him one. He could be a Nazi.😢
@mikesuch902111 ай бұрын
You know I would imagine everyone that tries to change an engine in mid-flight would run. IF YOU CANNOT NARRATE THE VIDEO YOURSELF GET THE HELL OFF THE CHANNEL