The annual air race in Nevada’s Valley of Speed has a new name. Fans returning to see vintage World War II fighter planes streak across the sky will sit farther away. And a redesigned course poses less risk as pilots …
The World War II-era P-51 Mustang hurtled over the race course in Nevada at more than 500 mph, its skin wrinkling and canopy separating from the sheer force of the flight. A crucial tail control fluttered, its screws loosening. At …
Organizers of the Reno National Championship Air Races have established a $77 million fund to be distributed to those who suffered injuries or lost family members in last year’s mass-casualty crash in Nevada. Kenneth Feinberg, who oversaw a federal compensation …
A federal hearing will examine the safety of air races and air shows after a horrific crash killed 11 people and injured more than 70 at an event in Reno. The hearing announced last Friday by the National Transportation Safety …
The family of a spectator killed in the Reno Air Race crash in September has filed a lawsuit claiming the crash was “the predictable result of a reckless drive for speed by a risk taking pilot and crew, coupled with …
