Posted on 09/16/2011 7:05:20 PM PDT by nuconvert
DEVELOPING: RENO, Nev. -- An airplane crashed Friday into a crowd attending an air race here, injuring dozens in what one event official described as a "mass-casualty situation."
A medical official later said more than 75 people had been injured, including 25 critically. There was no official word on deaths, though one report put the toll as high as 12 and the crash near the grandstands left a horrific scene of bodies and wreckage.
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Yes it was a pattern made craft and in some kind of miracle there was no fireball.
You don’t get it because your interests lie in other areas.
Comparing this to the CT bar is ignorant. These airshows are highly regulated and professionally run.
http://www2.leewardairranch.com/racing/history/cleveland
“The Galloping Ghost is one of nine hundred P-51-15-NA type Mustangs produced by NAA during World War II. It was originally delivered to the Army Air Forces (AAF) on 23 December 1944 and later was assigned to the Third Air Force before being declared surplus on 25 October 1945 and put in storage at Walnut Ridge, Arkansas.”
There was no fireball because of good engineering and limited fuel on board.
I looked for the fuel cell(s) and could not see it in the wreckage. About the only identifiable parts were from the engine.
Wow. You were very fortunate not to be injured.
Awful memory to have to live with.
They’ve lowered the number killed - remarkable it was so few.
Where's the fun in that? /s
We heard that the friends of friends are fine, they were not near the crash and are unhurt, but are in shock over what happened. Horrific scene on the ground....
Thought of you soon as I heard about this.
Figured you might be there.
Glad you’re OK physically.
You're right. Even FR is too dangerous for you.
Climb back under your bed and curl up again.
Thank you for the post of the accident aircraft. I disagree with your assessment of wingtip vortices as the cause. These aircraft too light to generate damaging vortices.
Glad to hear your friends are fine.
I’m sure it’s a memory they’d like not to have.
I’m sure the pilot did all he could to the very end
yah...that’s emotional baggage that no one needs to tote around for life...terrible thing to witness first hand.
Comparing this to the CT bar is ignorant.
Just for the record, the bar was in West Warwick, Rhode Island. It was called The Station Nightclub.
I fail to see any logical comparison to this racing accident, but that's just me.
While I believe that people ought to be able to take their own risks and visit dangerous places--I also am quite familiar with the often arrogant culture of hobby pilots and their perceived perquisites. So anyone who questions those perquisites is an "arrogant creep"?
I know some really rich hobby pilots...and they are really liberal, except when it comes to their "rights" to the air overhead. Then everyone else's property is their property, like the world is their air park.
A good friend of my husband died years back at that race. Prayers
You are right. I did not read the entirety. Lesson learned and apologies.
Actually it was “ignorant creep”.
But yes, I think that harsh judgement on Hannity was ridiculous. He’s persona-non-grata just because he thought it was way too dangerous to do these things?
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