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  1. 2011-09-16, 08:36 PM #1
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    Post Reno Air Race Crash Kills and Injures Scores of Spectators

    BREAKING NEWS now on CNN: reporting plane crash at Nevada Air Show and Fire Officials are saying multiple fatalities and serious injuries. Amateur video showed an aircraft veering off and possibly hitting on or near a grandstand area.

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    CNN saying it was a P-51 Mustang "The Galloping Ghost" that crashed. FAA already on scene.
    And already the question asked by Anderson Cooper to a guest on the phone "How safe are these airshows"?? OY!!
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    Modified P-51. Tweets all over the place. Unconfirmed 25 critical wounded. Many more injured and 12 deaths.

    "How safe are these airshows"?? OY!!
    Cooper is really horrible. Total ratings *****.
    'My idea of a good picture is one that's in focus and of a famous person doing something unfamous.' Andy Warhol
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    http://www.ktvn.com/story/15483678/p...-stead-airport
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    Post Reno Air Show Crash Kills and Injures Scores of Spectators

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    Reno Air Show Crash Kills and Injures Scores of Spectators

    As many as 12 people were killed and 75 injured Friday afternoon when a plane taking part in the Reno Air Races crashed into a spectator seating area, according to preliminary reports.
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    The video is amazing. Was just on the phone with Dave Budd who was there and just had left before it happened. Insane!
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    Sad to hear. I was just looking at their website last night for race info. Looks like hte end of air races are here.
    First Red Bull, now this.
    And I, I took the path less traveled by
    and that has made all the difference......yet...
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    If not the end, the circuits will be VERY FAR from the crowds for sure... it may affect Airshows as well...
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  10. 2011-09-16, 10:59 PM #10
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    Just watched the news conference from Reno. Latest update has three dead (pilot plus two spectators) and 54 injured.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mirrodie View Post
    Sad to hear. I was just looking at their website last night for race info. Looks like hte end of air races are here.
    First Red Bull, now this.
    there's been talk of shutting down reno for years and i hope this isn't the end. from what i remember the showline and the stands are separated by a lot of room. same for airshows. glad i was there and got to experience the real reno air races before this happened.
    it is mathematically impossible for either hummingbirds, or helicopters to fly. fortunately, neither are aware of this.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NIKV69 View Post
    Modified P-51. Tweets all over the place. Unconfirmed 25 critical wounded. Many more injured and 12 deaths.



    Cooper is really horrible. Total ratings *****.
    Like it or not, that's the question probably 90% of the people who see the story will ask. Not everyone's a total aviation buff like us who knows these things.
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    As I said on facebook, most people in this world take aviation for granted, even complaining about it when they do fly. Then you get people who go out to CELEBRATE aviation, and tragically get killed or injured. So sad. :(
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    Quote Originally Posted by Perriwen View Post
    Like it or not, that's the question probably 90% of the people who see the story will ask. Not everyone's a total aviation buff like us who knows these things.
    There are a lot of people within the aviation community asking that same question today. The only way to continue having air shows and races is to make sure they are as safe as can be, both for participants and spectators. If safety isn't your primary concern, you should probably be doing something else.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Perriwen View Post
    Like it or not, that's the question probably 90% of the people who see the story will ask. Not everyone's a total aviation buff like us who knows these things.
    And to be fair it wasnt only Cooper. I was clicking on Fox and MSNBC and their hosts were asking the aviation "experts" the same "Are air shows safe" questions. Our own Hometown paper
    the NY Daily News on their web edition has "MASSACRE" in the headline of the air show story.
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