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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 ...
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.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Two pilots were killed when their planes crashed upon landing at an air racing event Sunday in Reno, authorities said. Officials with the Reno Air Racing Association said the ...
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.
Precious Metal, the aircraft that caught fire on 8 September 2015, during the 2014 Reno Air Races. 8 September 2015 World Jet P-51XR "Precious Metal" ("Race 38"), N6WJ, caught fire while taxiing days before the Reno Air Races. Pilot Thom Richard was able to shut down the engine and escape unharmed, but the aircraft burned for 12 minutes before ...
T-6 Gold Start passing the finish pylon at the 2014 Reno Air Races. Air racing is a type of motorsport that involves airplanes or other types of aircraft that compete over a fixed course, with the winner either returning the shortest time, the one to complete it with the most points, or to come closest to a previously estimated time.
— Sept. 16, 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 and Air Show in Reno, Nevada ...
[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.