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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 a P-51D Mustang air racer that held various airspeed records and whose fatal crash in 2011 led to several NTSB recommendations to make air shows safer. [1] Built in 1944 by North American Aviation for the Army Air Force, the plane was sold as postwar surplus.
Photo taken on the day of the crash. 16 September 2011 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).
The crash occurred on the final day of ... 2011 — The pilot of a 70-year-old modified P-51D Mustang called the Galloping Ghost lost control of the aircraft at the National Championship Air Races ...
September 16 – 2011 Reno Air Races crash. Pilot Jimmy Leeward lost control of his highly modified P-51D Mustang, which was named The Galloping Ghost. The Galloping Ghost crashed into spectators and was instantly destroyed at the National Championship Air Races and Air Show, killing 10 spectators, injuring 69 spectators and instantly killing ...
The North American P-51D Mustang The Galloping Ghost, flown by James K. "Jimmy" Leeward, crashes into box seats in front of the grandstand at the Reno Air Races at Reno Stead Airport north of Reno, Nevada. Leeward and 10 others are killed and 69 people are injured.
September 16. 2013 – First Flight of the Bombardier CSeries C-FBCS at Montréal-Mirabel International Airport, Montreal, Quebec.; 2011 – 2011 Reno Air Races crash: The North American P-51D Mustang The Galloping Ghost, flown by James K. "Jimmy" Leeward, crashes into box seats in front of the grandstand at the Reno Air Races at Reno Stead Airport north of Reno, Nevada.
Merge Galloping ghost with the Reno air crash, but Oppose any other mergesPetebutt 22:51, 22 September 2011 (UTC) Oppose Both as they are separate entities with a history prior to the crash. The plane was notable enough to have its own article, the pilot arguably was as well. --Travis Thurston+ 17:34, 23 September 2011 (UTC)