. Hoping to hear from them soon. Jimmy Leeward was the pilot and he was an amazing pilot.Crash at Reno Air races
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Flyin Illini
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Crash at Reno Air races
This isnt so much military, but there was a terrible crash at the races. P-51 nosed into the crowd, multiple dead with some of my photographer friends still unnaccounted for . Hoping to hear from them soon. Jimmy Leeward was the pilot and he was an amazing pilot.
. Hoping to hear from them soon. Jimmy Leeward was the pilot and he was an amazing pilot.
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Re: Crash at Reno Air races
Aaron that's horrible! 
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Re: Crash at Reno Air races
This is bad!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCNePeKn ... e=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndd9PVDM3jU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCNePeKn ... e=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndd9PVDM3jU
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Re: Crash at Reno Air races
Look where it hit, right in the middle of the seating area.......
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Re: Crash at Reno Air races
Things are never gonna be the same at Reno.
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Re: Crash at Reno Air races
This has been an extremely bad year for aviation events to say the least prayers out the victims...
prayers out the victims...Re: Crash at Reno Air races
It's been a horrible year. I've always wanted to go to Reno for the races. Not so sure now.
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Re: Crash at Reno Air races
some good news, all my friends are accounted for. Still prayers for those lost.
Here is a pic of the airplane as it was nosing over into the crowd. You can see a stabalizing trim missing and smoke under the airplane.
Here is a pic of the airplane as it was nosing over into the crowd. You can see a stabalizing trim missing and smoke under the airplane.
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Re: Crash at Reno Air races
Another image of the elevator trim tab....
Pilots on the professional pilot web board that I belong to are saying that at this kind of speed, that kind of failure is unrecoverable.....
RIP.
Pilots on the professional pilot web board that I belong to are saying that at this kind of speed, that kind of failure is unrecoverable.....
RIP.
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Re: Crash at Reno Air races
Aaron are all your friends ok and accounted for?
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Re: Crash at Reno Air races
Just caught this from overseas watching the news coverage online. I agree, Reno will not be the same, one of the top air shows I wanted to attend someday just for races alone.
DUSTOFF
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ARMY PROPS
NAVY SAR
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Re: Crash at Reno Air races
A shame that in German online media people discuss about capabilities of a 74 year old to fly an aircraft. He died and possibly it was not his fault
Jan
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Former technician in MFG2 at ETME (home base of PANAVIA The flying computer TORNADO. sadly closed now)
Re: Crash at Reno Air races
I know nothing about real life flying at all, but I don't think it matters if you are the best pilot in the world-something goes seriously wrong with your plane at high speed that low off the ground, you don't have a hope, especially if you're upside down.
RIP to all the victims.
RIP to all the victims.