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Tail Number Repainted: How Alan Kulwicki's Plane Stopped Flying
Tail Number Repainted: How Alan Kulwicki's Plane Stopped Flying
Danger can arrive in small, mechanical choices: a Swearingen Merlin III repainted from N300EF to N300AK crashed into a field beside Interstate 81 on April 1, 1993 - the reigning NASCAR champion and 38-year-old Alan Kulwicki did not survive. What single decision about the aircraft’s systems did investigators say allowed ice to build where it should not have, and how did that one omission end a life built on engineering precision?
In this episode, we tell the story of the plane, the pilot, and the champion whose initials the…
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