A man killed in the crash of a J3 Cub in Tennessee on Friday does not appear to have had a pilot certificate. There’s a lot of attention on the mishap because the person killed was Scott Bloomquist, 60, a famous dirt track racing driver considered by many to be the best at the sport. In a 2023 interview with Dale Earnhardt Jr.,
Bloomquist said he learned to fly from his father, soloed at 16 and failed his first attempt to get a certificate. He did not pursue it after that but continued to fly. He also gave a video tour of the family hangar on their property in Mooresburg, Tennessee, to a car racing publication.
It does not appear that the man who died in Friday’s J3 Cub disaster in Tennessee held a pilot’s certificate. The fact that the deceased was 60-year-old Scott Bloomquist, a well-known dirt track racer regarded by many as the greatest in the business, has drawn a lot of attention to the accident. In a 2023 interview, Bloomquist said that he took flying lessons from his father, learnt to fly on his own at the age of 16, and failed his initial effort to obtain a certificate. After that, he didn’t pursue it and kept flying. Additionally, he gave a car racing publication a video tour of the family hangar located on their Mooresburg, Tennessee, property.
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