Randy’s arrival in Leesburg

The bus arrived at Flying Baron Estates in Leesburg at about 8:00 a.m. on the 19th and parked approximately 90 yards away from the landing strip and approximately 15 yards in front of the house that would later serve as the accident site. On the bus were: Ozzy Osbourne, Sharon Arden, Rudy Sarzo, Tommy Aldridge, Don Airey, Jay Duncan (their tour manager), Wanda Aycock, Andrew Aycock, Rachel Youngblood and Randy Rhoads. Andrew Aycock and his ex-wife, Wanda, went into Jerry Calhoun’s house to make some coffee while some members of Ozzy Osbourne band slept in the bus and others got out and "stretched". Being stored inside of the aircraft hangar at Flying Baron Estates, was a red and white 1955 Beech model F35 (registration #: N567LT) that belonged to Mike Partin of Kissimmee, Florida. Andrew Aycock, who had driven the group’s bus all night from Knoxville and who had a pilot’s license, apparently took the plane without permission and took keyboardist Don Airey and the bands tour manager up in the plane for a few minutes, at times flying low to the ground. Unbeknownst to anyone at the time, Andrew Aycock medical certificate (3rd class) had expired, thus making his pilot’s license not valid.