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#3391702 - 09/16/11 06:04 PM Re: Tragedy at the Reno Air Races [Re: Panther]
tn_prvteye Senior Member Registered: 08/08/00 Posts: 2789 Loc: Nash'Vegas, TN, USA	speechless _________________________ "Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together." -Dwight D Eisenhower
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#3391704 - 09/16/11 06:11 PM Re: Tragedy at the Reno Air Races [Re: Panther]
Sluggish Controls Member Registered: 06/21/05 Posts: 787 Loc: Shanghai, China	Still blurry reports on BBC News, but apparently the P51 crashed into the grand stand :-( What a tragedy. Slug _________________________ "Major Burns isn't saying much of anything, Sir. I think he's formulating the answer..." - Radar - MAS*H
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#3391705 - 09/16/11 06:12 PM Re: Tragedy at the Reno Air Races [Re: Panther]
TankHunter Member Registered: 11/17/04 Posts: 2402	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTzX35wOGas Any idea what might have caused him to pop up like that? _________________________ l'Audace, toujours l'audace People, Ideas, and Hardware. 'In that order!' John Boyd "There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen." Lenin "You never win an argument until they attack your person" Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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#3391706 - 09/16/11 06:15 PM Re: Tragedy at the Reno Air Races [Re: TankHunter]
*Panther* Contributing Editor Senior Member Registered: 07/10/05 Posts: 3584 Loc: Nellis AFB, NV	Originally Posted By: TankHunter http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTzX35wOGas Any idea what might have caused him to pop up like that? No idea in this scenario but in aircraft, you want to trade speed for altitude in any failure. It's likely he was trying to gain altitude to work the issue out. Instead it failed and came down. _________________________ Virtual Thunderbirds, LLC \| Sponsored by Thrustmaster DF85 Case \| TPQ-1200W PSU \| GA-X58A-UD3R \| i7 CPU 950 \| 8GB Corsair DDR3 \| EVGA GTX 460 SLI 1GB \| VelociRaptor 300GB \| X-Fi Xtreme \| Win 7 64bit \| TIR5 \| TM HOTAS Warthog #01629 \| TM MFD Cougar Pack \| CH Pro Pedals \| Fanatec PWTS & CSP \| Obutto \| 40" Sharp LCD
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#3391709 - 09/16/11 06:18 PM Re: Tragedy at the Reno Air Races [Re: Panther]
ForSquirrels Hotshot Registered: 06/19/01 Posts: 9765 Loc: Hokie Nation	On CNN earlier they said he called a Mayday and pulled up. That clears you out of the mess of other airplanes and gets you altitude if you do have a problem. Said it was SOP for air races. No idea what happened after that. I have heard a couple of different reports about the plane hitting or not hitting grandstands. _________________________ "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it." --Mark Twain Two wrongs don't make a right, but three rights make a left. Airpower Over Hampton Roads 2008 XBL: fumducker81
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#3391710 - 09/16/11 06:20 PM Re: Tragedy at the Reno Air Races [Re: Panther]
*Panther* Contributing Editor Senior Member Registered: 07/10/05 Posts: 3584 Loc: Nellis AFB, NV	Confirmed to hit the VIP section, impacted around the first several rows. Reported from the Air RAce Director in the Media center after the mishap. Edited by Panther* (09/16/11 06:29 PM)* _________________________ Virtual Thunderbirds, LLC \| Sponsored by Thrustmaster DF85 Case \| TPQ-1200W PSU \| GA-X58A-UD3R \| i7 CPU 950 \| 8GB Corsair DDR3 \| EVGA GTX 460 SLI 1GB \| VelociRaptor 300GB \| X-Fi Xtreme \| Win 7 64bit \| TIR5 \| TM HOTAS Warthog #01629 \| TM MFD Cougar Pack \| CH Pro Pedals \| Fanatec PWTS & CSP \| Obutto \| 40" Sharp LCD
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#3391712 - 09/16/11 06:29 PM Re: Tragedy at the Reno Air Races [Re: Panther]
RustyNOR Member Registered: 07/19/09 Posts: 110 Loc: Oslo, Norway	Tragic
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#3391718 - 09/16/11 06:38 PM Re: Tragedy at the Reno Air Races [Re: Panther]
Sauron Successor to Bill the Cat! Hotshot Registered: 11/09/09 Posts: 5872 Loc: Quantum Superstate	This is terrible. May God be with everyone involved. Cheers! Rick... _________________________ "We are extending ourselves in Space and Time not because of capitalism or socialism but in spite of them. The Right/Left Capitalist/Socialist establishments are psychologically unprepared for our emerging situation in Time and Space." - F. M. Esfandiary, Upwingers
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#3391730 - 09/16/11 06:52 PM Re: Tragedy at the Reno Air Races [Re: Panther]
Magnum Land & Armor Combat Editor XBL: Magnum SimHQ Lifer Registered: 01/27/03 Posts: 23287 Loc: Naples, Florida	just read this myself... says 75 injuried. tragic. _________________________ Magnum SimHQ Intel i7-2600K processor Cooler Master Hyper N 520 CPU fan Asus ROG Maximus IV Gene-Z mobo 8GB Corsair Vengeance 1600 DDR3 RAM Asus ENGTX570 DCII GeForce 570 video card Western Digital 640GB 7200 w/32MB cache HDD Corsair TX750M power supply Corsair Carbide Series 500R black case LG CD/DVD optical drive Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit
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#3391742 - 09/16/11 07:23 PM Re: Tragedy at the Reno Air Races [Re: Panther]
Weasel_Keeper Forums Manager Hotshot Registered: 06/28/01 Posts: 9142 Loc: Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA	I don't know what to say. Shocking, tragic, heart breaking. Sorry for all involved. _________________________ "Cave Putorium!" SoWW #2485
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