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Posted on 09/09/2014 10:25:55 AM PDT by EveningStar
The Reno Fire Chief tells CBS13 the plane fell apart in the air, as it was flying low through an obstacle course during the qualifying stage of the Reno National Air Race Championships.
The plane quickly hit the ground, killing Lee Behel, 64 of San Jose, a man well-known in the air racing community.
(Excerpt) Read more at sacramento.cbslocal.com ...
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It is a sad day up there in Reno I have lots of pals up there and it is an amazing bunch that they have the love and passion for a sport that seldom takes prisoners yet they get in and fly again Prayers up blue skies
Ditto from me, al baby. :(
RIP Mr. Behel. From what I’m gathering you really had the ‘right stuff’. I’m sure you made your friends and family proud.
RIP Mr. Behel. From what I’m gathering you really had the ‘right stuff’. I’m sure you made your friends and family proud.
RIP Mr. Behel. From what I’m gathering you really had the ‘right stuff’. I’m sure you made your friends and family proud.
I am saddened by the loss of a great pilot and a WWII fighter. In my opinion it is time to stop risking these priceless aircraft in racing. Purpose built race planes with race car engines could go just as fast while being safer.
It wasn’t a WWII fighter, it was a purpose built race plane.
I don’t understand your comment. From the story he was flying a single-engine experimental GP5 .
Very sad...RIP, Lee Behel.
This is a recent crash??? This Monday?
He was flying a GP-5 Osprey.
RIP, Lee Behel. See you on the other side.
We knew a pilot who crashed many years ago. Flying a p-51 Pegasus.
You need to learn to read noobie
Yes, a different one than the fatal crash three years ago.
More with a photo
http://abc7news.com/news/local-pilot-involved-in-fatal-accident-during-air-race-in-reno/300349/
I stand by my Statement that these WWII fighters should be retired from racing.
Jeez I'm getting tired of you infiltrating liberals, carting along your fearful, trembling, collectivist, safety memes and your half-assed understanding of NLP. Everybody is just a little child, resources are too scare, make everything illegal, nanny state is the only solution to the problems of life, and above all - attack anything men do. Marching women into the collectivist glory of demasculinized males.
You're so foul inside I don't have the words to describe you. Crawl away somewhere, you spineless fear whisperer, covered with the slime of your own insidious cowardice and poison words. Gah, you're SO disgusting!
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