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There was no fire; the violence of the crash dispersed all of the fuel on board The Galloping Ghost before it had the chance to ignite. Seven people, including the pilot, died at the scene; [5] four died later in the hospital. [6] [7] The weekend's remaining races at the Reno Air Races were canceled.
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 ...
The Galloping Ghost is a 1931 American pre-Code Mascot serial film co-directed by B. Reeves Eason and Benjamin H. Kline. The title is the nickname of the star, real life American football player Red Grange .
Richard was not able to race that year, as the Reno Air Races were canceled after the fatal crash of The Galloping Ghost. In 2012, Richard flew Precious Metal in the Gold Class race, but he did not finish because one of the landing gear doors came off in flight. [1] [4] After many new modifications, Precious Metal returned to Reno in 2013.
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In the 2011 Reno air races, Voodoo and The Galloping Ghost were running in second and third place, respectively, when the latter crashed. In 2013, Voodoo, still owned by Bob Button, was raced at Reno by Steven Hinton, Jr., who won the unlimited gold trophy and the national championship while reaching speeds of over 500 mph (800 km/h). [7]