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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.
The deadliest crash of this year was a military accident, namely the 2011 Royal Moroccan Air Force C-130 crash, which crashed near Guelmim, Morocco on 26 July killing all 80 people on board. The deadliest commercial accident was Iran Air Flight 277 , a Boeing 727 which crashed near Urmia , Iran on 9 January, killing 78 of the 105 people on board.
Here is a look at some recent fatal crashes in the U.S. and abroad involving vintage aircraft: — July 29, 2023: Four people died in two separate crashes related to a Wisconsin aircraft convention.
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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, ...
The chief organizer is the Reno Air Racing Association (RARA). [6] The first Reno air races, in 1964 and 1965, were organized by World War II veteran Bill Stead. They took place at Sky Ranch airfield, a dirt strip barely 2,000 feet (610 m) long, which was located in present-day Spanish Springs. After Stead Air Force Base (20 miles to the west ...