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"Mass casualties" at crash at Nevada airshow

P-51 Mustang.

A 'car race' in the sky? Didn't know they even had those?

75-plus injured, some critically.
 
80 year old pilot.
WAY off the race course...
 

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If you observe carefully, the race course is off to the right of the crowd.
This plane comes down from the left... how'd it get there?
At the '71 Reno race, I watched Howie Keefe in his P-51 blow the motor in the race. He pulled up out of everyone's way, and landed safely, with the entire front end of his P-51 covered with oil.
 
80 year old men should not be flying planes, much less a p-51 traveling at 400 mph in a tight circle. They wouldn't let a 80 yo man drive in a nascar race where no one in the crowd could even get hurt.

Jimmy Leeward "The Galloping Ghost"

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If you watch the videos, it appears he went straight in to the runway-not the crowd. The reports of 2 on the ground killed and 75 injured (9 critical) lends credence to that fact--if he'd gone into the stands, as first reported, the death toll would be much, much higher.
Debris scatter would account for the relatively few casualties.
Overreacting is a standard, here--especially from people who don't know ****. Wait for the data, folks!
 
The reports are all that the plane went into the box seats, not the runway, rwguinn.

The fact there was no fireball, it was a small plane and there was a lot of on scene medical support could account for a low death toll.

And observers are reporting the plane wobbled as one would with mechanical difficulties, so it's premature to blame the guy's age. As long as he passed a sufficient medical exam, there are healthy 80 yr olds out there.
 
I had the idea to turn on automatic updates on youtube comments. Terrible idea.

This is quite a sad story.
 
Skeptic Ginger said:
The reports are all that the plane went into the box seats, not the runway, rwguinn.

The fact there was no fireball, it was a small plane and there was a lot of on scene medical support could account for a low death toll.

And observers are reporting the plane wobbled as one would with mechanical difficulties, so it's premature to blame the guy's age. As long as he passed a sufficient medical exam, there are healthy 80 yr olds out there.
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You've obviously never been close to a P-51.
Let's wait for data, folks.

ETA==from my link, above
The aircraft is seen descending in a near vertical attitude and the accident was not remotely survivable. The impact area is said to be next to an area containing a number of 'Box Seats' and the debris path is obviously widely scattered. Local TV states that the impact was close to, but NOT in the occupied bleachers and seats.
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So if you are conjecturing, just <SNIP>, m'kay?

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Keep the discussion civil/polite.....
 
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