{"id":4174,"date":"2013-09-14T21:12:10","date_gmt":"2013-09-15T04:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/?p=4174"},"modified":"2013-10-15T15:14:30","modified_gmt":"2013-10-15T22:14:30","slug":"pre-crash-plane-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/pre-crash-plane-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-crash plane photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4177\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/pre-crash-plane-photos\/gary-and-his-training-plane-it-later-crashed\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-2.jpg?fit=3962%2C3854&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3962,3854\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1379176729&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Gary and his training plane (it later crashed)&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Gary and his training plane (it later crashed)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-2.jpg?fit=300%2C291&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-2.jpg?fit=584%2C568&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-4177\" alt=\"Gary and his training plane (it later crashed)\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-2-150x145.jpg?resize=135%2C131\" width=\"135\" height=\"131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-2.jpg?resize=150%2C145&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-2.jpg?resize=300%2C291&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C996&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-2.jpg?resize=308%2C300&amp;ssl=1 308w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-2.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-2.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 135px) 100vw, 135px\" \/><\/a>In my recent trip to Washington state to see my father and do some family history research, my father gave me some older black-and-white negatives that I&#8217;ve been scanning and archivally rehousing. Quite unexpectedly, I found eight photos from 1965 or 1966 of my uncle Gary with the very plane whose crash claimed the life of his flying instructor and very nearly killed my uncle as well (for details on that crash, <a href=\"http:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/surviving-a-plane-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\">see my earlier post on the topic<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>I compared the plane&#8217;s registration number (easily visible in several of these new photos) to that on record in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ntsb.gov\/aviationquery\/brief.aspx?ev_id=70983&amp;key=0\" target=\"_blank\">NTSB report of the crash<\/a>, and saw that it was an exact match\u2014N5472E. It was eerie realizing that this was the same plane that would almost take his life just a few months, weeks, days, or perhaps even hours after these photos were taken.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4176\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/pre-crash-plane-photos\/gary-and-his-plane-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-1.jpg?fit=3947%2C3865&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3947,3865\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1379177400&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Gary and his plane 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-1.jpg?fit=300%2C293&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-1.jpg?fit=584%2C571&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4176\" alt=\"Gary and his plane 1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-1-1024x1002.jpg?resize=584%2C571\" width=\"584\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C1002&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-1.jpg?resize=150%2C146&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-1.jpg?resize=300%2C293&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-1.jpg?resize=306%2C300&amp;ssl=1 306w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-1.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-1.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4177\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/pre-crash-plane-photos\/gary-and-his-training-plane-it-later-crashed\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-2.jpg?fit=3962%2C3854&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3962,3854\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1379176729&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Gary and his training plane (it later crashed)&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Gary and his training plane (it later crashed)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-2.jpg?fit=300%2C291&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-2.jpg?fit=584%2C568&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4177\" alt=\"Gary and his training plane (it later crashed)\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-2-1024x996.jpg?resize=584%2C568\" width=\"584\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C996&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-2.jpg?resize=150%2C145&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-2.jpg?resize=300%2C291&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-2.jpg?resize=308%2C300&amp;ssl=1 308w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-2.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-2.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4178\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/pre-crash-plane-photos\/gary-and-his-training-plane-it-later-crashed-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-3.jpg?fit=3953%2C3836&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3953,3836\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1379176628&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Gary and his training plane (it later crashed)&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Gary and his training plane (it later crashed)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-3.jpg?fit=300%2C291&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-3.jpg?fit=584%2C566&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4178\" alt=\"Gary and his training plane (it later crashed)\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-3-1024x993.jpg?resize=584%2C566\" width=\"584\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-3.jpg?resize=1024%2C993&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-3.jpg?resize=150%2C145&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-3.jpg?resize=300%2C291&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-3.jpg?resize=309%2C300&amp;ssl=1 309w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-3.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-3.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4179\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/pre-crash-plane-photos\/gary-and-his-plane-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-4.jpg?fit=3961%2C3859&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3961,3859\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1379177036&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Gary and his plane 4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-4.jpg?fit=300%2C292&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-4.jpg?fit=584%2C569&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4179\" alt=\"Gary and his plane 4\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-4-1024x997.jpg?resize=584%2C568\" width=\"584\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-4.jpg?resize=1024%2C997&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-4.jpg?resize=150%2C146&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-4.jpg?resize=300%2C292&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-4.jpg?resize=307%2C300&amp;ssl=1 307w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-4.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-4.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-5.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4180\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/pre-crash-plane-photos\/gary-and-his-training-plane-it-later-crashed-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-5.jpg?fit=3945%2C3851&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3945,3851\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1379176480&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Gary and his training plane (it later crashed)&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Gary and his training plane (it later crashed)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-5.jpg?fit=300%2C292&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-5.jpg?fit=584%2C570&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4180\" alt=\"Gary and his training plane (it later crashed)\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-5-1024x999.jpg?resize=584%2C569\" width=\"584\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-5.jpg?resize=1024%2C999&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-5.jpg?resize=150%2C146&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-5.jpg?resize=300%2C292&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-5.jpg?resize=307%2C300&amp;ssl=1 307w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-5.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-5.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-6.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4181\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/pre-crash-plane-photos\/gary-and-his-plane-6\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-6.jpg?fit=3961%2C3834&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3961,3834\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1379177179&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Gary and his plane 6\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-6.jpg?fit=300%2C290&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-6.jpg?fit=584%2C565&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4181\" alt=\"Gary and his plane 6\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-6-1024x991.jpg?resize=584%2C565\" width=\"584\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-6.jpg?resize=1024%2C991&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-6.jpg?resize=150%2C145&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-6.jpg?resize=300%2C290&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-6.jpg?resize=309%2C300&amp;ssl=1 309w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-6.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-6.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-7.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4182\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/pre-crash-plane-photos\/gary-and-his-plane-7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-7.jpg?fit=3933%2C3871&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3933,3871\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1379177862&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Gary and his plane 7\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-7.jpg?fit=300%2C295&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-7.jpg?fit=584%2C574&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4182\" alt=\"Gary and his plane 7\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-7-1024x1007.jpg?resize=584%2C574\" width=\"584\" height=\"574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-7.jpg?resize=1024%2C1007&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-7.jpg?resize=150%2C147&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-7.jpg?resize=300%2C295&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-7.jpg?resize=304%2C300&amp;ssl=1 304w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-7.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-7.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a> This next photo was the last in this series, but if the plane is there, I can&#8217;t see it.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-8.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4183\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/pre-crash-plane-photos\/gary-and-his-plane-8\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-8.jpg?fit=3925%2C3853&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3925,3853\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1379177723&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Gary and his plane 8\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-8.jpg?fit=300%2C294&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-8.jpg?fit=584%2C573&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4183\" alt=\"Gary and his plane 8\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-8-1024x1005.jpg?resize=584%2C573\" width=\"584\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-8.jpg?resize=1024%2C1005&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-8.jpg?resize=150%2C147&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-8.jpg?resize=300%2C294&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-8.jpg?resize=305%2C300&amp;ssl=1 305w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-8.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gary-and-his-plane-8.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If Gary or anyone else reading this post can tell me what airport this is, who the two children are, an estimate of the date of these photos, or anything else I didn&#8217;t mention above, please let me know by leaving a comment below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my recent trip to Washington state to see my father and do some family history research, my father gave me some older black-and-white negatives that I&#8217;ve been scanning and archivally rehousing. Quite unexpectedly, I found eight photos from 1965 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/pre-crash-plane-photos\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[84,85,259],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1960s","category-gary-black","category-pilot"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4174\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}