John Denver had a Long-Ez.
They are NOT deadly! Denver took off without being familiar with the homebuilt LongEze he'd just purchased. He had problems with switching to reserve fuel after he ran out on the main tank.
A fuel selector valve with vise grips as a temporary handle was the problem, not the design of the aircraft.
Dick Rutan (flew the Voyager aircraft around the world non-stop) and Mike Melville (Pilot of SpaceShipOne and holder of Astronaut wings) flew their two LongEzes around the world, 30,000+ miles, in 80 days.
Over 700 are registered in the US.
It was a joke.
Lighten up francis
I think Denver offed himself. He picked a pretty place to do it.
Hadn’t heard about the vice-grips on the fuel selector. I think I recall it was in a very awkward to reach location and the required turn of the knob was counterintuitive.