What was the name of the airplane Buddy Holly died in?

Brainyblonde

Following the February 2 performance at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, Buddy Holly chartered a Beechcraft Bonanza to take him and his new Crickets band (Tommy Allsup and Waylon Jennings) to Fargo, North Dakota. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Holly The airplane that carried Buddy Holly to his death was named 'American Pie.' False. http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/amerpie.htm The airplane, chartered through Dwyer's Flying Service in Clear Lake, Iowa, had no name. Its only designation was its wing registration number, N3794N. How the rumor that its name was American Pie (thus providing Don McLean the title for his song) started circulating is unknown, but it is undeniably false. As Don McLean himself said in 1999: The growing urban legend that "American Pie" was the name of Buddy Holly’s plane the night it crashed, killing him, Ritchie Valens and the Big Boppper, is equally untrue. I created the term. http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/amerpie.htm May 12 06, 8:11 AM

McGruff

Elvis asked this once before he left the building. Check question #21848. May 12 06, 1:09 PM