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The chief organizer is the Reno Air Racing Association (RARA). [5] The first Reno air races, in 1964 and 1965, were organized by World War II veteran Bill Stead. They took place at Sky Ranch airfield, a dirt strip barely 2,000 feet (610 m) long, which was located in present-day Spanish Springs. After Stead Air Force Base (20 miles to the west ...
Twenty-three pilots and 10 spectators have died in the 59-year history of the Reno Air Races. ... at the conclusion of the T-6 Gold race about 2:15 p.m. Sunday. The RARA identified the victims as ...
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.
Rare Bear at the Reno Air Races 2014. The Bearcat that became Rare Bear was a severely damaged wreck when discovered by Lyle Shelton in 1969. It had been abandoned next to a runway on Porter County Regional Airport in Valparaiso, Indiana after it crashed there from a throttle-on torque roll in 1962.
On September 18, 1970, the airplane (then known as Miss Candace) crashed while attempting an emergency landing caused by an engine failure during that year's Reno Air Races at Reno-Stead Airport. During the landing the plane's longer propeller, modified for racing, clipped the runway surface, causing the plane to drift off the edge of the ...
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Precious Metal during the 1988 Reno Air Races with its original P-51H tail.. Precious Metal made its first flight on August 10, 1988, with the race number 9. [1] It made its debut at the Reno Air Races on September 12 of that year.