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#3391667 - 09/16/11 11:55 PM
Tragedy at the Reno Air Races
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Emergency crews are heading to a reported plane crash at the Reno-Stead Airport. There's no word yet on any injuries.
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#3391668 - 09/16/11 11:58 PM
Re: Tragedy at the Reno Air Races
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Another P-51 lost. Such a shame.
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#3391684 - 09/17/11 12:22 AM
Re: Tragedy at the Reno Air Races
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Ahhhhh, not another P-51....anyone know which one it was?  "Galloping Ghost"
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#3391691 - 09/17/11 12:34 AM
Re: Tragedy at the Reno Air Races
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Jimmy is dead, RIP. The a/c went almost vertically into the ground and totally disintegrated. Airplane crash at Reno air races 2011 Friday sept 16
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There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.
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#3391693 - 09/17/11 12:40 AM
Re: Tragedy at the Reno Air Races
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I never trust early information; but they are saying 30 spectators were killed and 70 injured.
If true, the drums will start beating about airshows being unsafe, yadda, yadda, yadda.
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#3391694 - 09/17/11 12:41 AM
Re: Tragedy at the Reno Air Races
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There's streaming video from the new channels up in Reno live http://www.ktvn.com/There is over 100 injured, the aircraft crashed right at show center chalets.
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#3391704 - 09/17/11 01:11 AM
Re: Tragedy at the Reno Air Races
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Still blurry reports on BBC News, but apparently the P51 crashed into the grand stand :-(
What a tragedy.
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#3391705 - 09/17/11 01:12 AM
Re: Tragedy at the Reno Air Races
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTzX35wOGasAny idea what might have caused him to pop up like that?
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#3391706 - 09/17/11 01:15 AM
Re: Tragedy at the Reno Air Races
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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.
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#3391709 - 09/17/11 01:18 AM
Re: Tragedy at the Reno Air Races
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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.
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#3391710 - 09/17/11 01:20 AM
Re: Tragedy at the Reno Air Races
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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.
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#3391718 - 09/17/11 01:38 AM
Re: Tragedy at the Reno Air Races
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This is terrible. May God be with everyone involved. Cheers! Rick... 
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#3391742 - 09/17/11 02:23 AM
Re: Tragedy at the Reno Air Races
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I don't know what to say. Shocking, tragic, heart breaking. Sorry for all involved.
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