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A video of the crash taken from the grandstands; A clearer video of the crash, taken from further away; A recording of the emergency radio traffic, including Reno EMS (REMSA), fire, and police; Local professor 'shaken' after catching air race crash on video katu.com. September 20, 2011. Information about the plane (44-15651) on MustangsMustangs.com
The Galloping Ghost was a P-51D Mustang air racer that held various airspeed records and whose fatal crash in 2011 led to several NTSB recommendations to make air shows safer. [ 1 ] Built in 1944 by North American Aviation for the Army Air Force , the plane was sold as postwar surplus.
— Sept. 16, 2011 — The pilot of a 70-year-old modified P-51D Mustang called the Galloping Ghost lost control of the aircraft at the National Championship Air Races and Air Show in Reno, Nevada ...
Both occupants onboard sustained fatal injuries in the crash. [11] [12] September 17–2 North American T-6 Texan aircraft collided mid-air on the last day of the final Reno Air Races, killing both pilots. [13] The accident occurred after the conclusion of the race as the planes were coming in to land, after placing first and second in their ...
On Sept. 18, 2022, a jet-propelled Aero L-29 Delfín racing in a final crashed behind a residential area in Reno, killing the pilot. In 2011, ...
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September 16. 2013 – First Flight of the Bombardier CSeries C-FBCS at Montréal-Mirabel International Airport, Montreal, Quebec.; 2011 – 2011 Reno Air Races crash: The North American P-51D Mustang The Galloping Ghost, flown by James K. "Jimmy" Leeward, crashes into box seats in front of the grandstand at the Reno Air Races at Reno Stead Airport north of Reno, Nevada.
Robert Lee "Hoot" Gibson (born October 30, 1946), (Capt, USN, Ret.), is a former American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and aeronautical engineer. A retired NASA astronaut, he also served as Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1992 to 1994. Today Gibson is active as a professional pilot, racing regularly at the annual Reno Air Races.