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Control Tower during the 2016 National Championship Air Races Pylon Racing Seminar Static aircraft on display at the 2014 Reno Air Races. Beginning in 1964, the Reno Air Races feature multi-lap, multi-aircraft races among extremely high performance aircraft on closed ovoid courses which range between about 3 miles (4.8 km) (Biplanes and Formula One) and about 8 miles (13 km) (Jet, Unlimited ...
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, several spectators were killed when a 1940s-model ...
A large air racing event is leaving Reno after 59 years. Here's why Pueblo is in the running to become the race's new host city.
The Reno Air Racing Association confirmed two pilots died when their planes collided upon landing at the conclusion of the T-6 Gold race about 2:15 p.m. Sunday.
The airport also serves as a bustling aircraft boneyard, with such airlines as Air Canada, Copa Airlines, Kenya Airways and Scoot storing their used aircraft at the location. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, more than 300 aircraft were ferried to ROW for storage, mostly by American Airlines and United Airlines .
[14] [15] This aircraft (having been renamed to Voodoo) was in attendance at the 2011 race and was nearby at the time of the accident. In 1999, another highly modified P-51, Miss Ashley II, piloted by Gary Levitz, experienced rudder flutter during an unlimited race at the Reno Air Races. The airframe broke up, killing Levitz.
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The 2023 races were the last to be held at Reno Stead Airport due to a variety of reasons (see this article for more details). The new location of the National Championship Air Races is still being decided, but the NCAR is expected to return in 2025. - ZLEA T \ C 20:10, 26 December 2023 (UTC)