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On September 16, 2011, The Galloping Ghost, a highly modified North American P-51D Mustang racing aircraft, crashed into spectators while competing at the Reno Air Races in Reno, Nevada, killing the pilot, Jimmy Leeward, and ten people on the ground. Sixty-nine more people on the ground were injured.
The Galloping Ghost was built by North American Aviation as a P-51D-15-NA, Army Air Force serial number 44-15651, [3] at the NAA's Inglewood, California, plant [4] for military use during World War II. Once the aircraft was delivered, it was transferred to Walnut Ridge Army Air Field in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas. It was later classified as surplus ...
Modified North American P-51D-15-NA "The Galloping Ghost" ("Race 177"), N79111 (ex-44-15651), [8] piloted by James K. "Jimmy" Leeward, crashed into spectators at the Reno Air Races, killing Leeward and six people on the ground, and injuring 73 more (four of which later died in the hospital).
44-84658 The Friendly Ghost – based at War Eagles Air Museum in Santa Teresa, New Mexico. [206] [207] 44-84745 Crazy Horse – privately owned in Nashua, New Hampshire. [208] 44-84753 Buzzin Cuzzin – privately owned in Holderness, New Hampshire. [209] 44-84860 Lady Jo – privately owned in Cloverdale, California. [210]
The 2024 Thunder over Michigan Air Show will return to Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti on Saturday and Sunday. The annual event is presented by the Wayne County Airport Authority, with a variety ...
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DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — The Dayton Air Show parade, long a favorite part of the annual Vandalia event, is being replaced in 2025. Introducing the Vandalia Flight Festival. During the two nights of ...
For more proof on the matter, from one page of Leeward's own website it mentions that a plane called the "Galloping Ghost" with the race number of 77 was driven by pilots Steve Beville and Bruce Raymond in several air races from the years 1946 to 1949, all of them have the location listed as Cleveland, refering to Cleveland, Ohio. (The book ...