Chris Rushing, president of the Condor Squadron Officers’ and Airmen’s Assn., was killed at the Reno Air Races, a spectacle akin to a NASCAR race in the sky.
Ryan Clinkunbroomer was fatally shot in his patrol vehicle in front of the Palmdale station, the Sheriff’s Department said.Both pilots were considered experts and had won gold in the T-6 class, according to race organizers. The T-6 was a type of single-engine plane used to train thousands of pilots during World War II and afterward. Rushing was flying Baron’s Revenge, a North American Aviation AT-6B based in Van Nuys. Macy was flying Six Cat, a North American Aviation T-6 Texan.
Rushing, 65, was president of the Van Nuys-based Condor Squadron Officers’ and Airmen’s Assn., a nonprofit organization dedicated to honoring U.S. veterans and the public display of the North American AT-6/SNJ Texan, the two-seater used to train thousands of pilots in World War II and the Korean War.
The National Championship Air Races have been held annually in Reno for more than half a century, drawing pilots, aviation enthusiasts and spectators from around the world for several days of aircraft races.More than 21 pilots have died at the event since it began in 1964. No crash has been as, when a pilot and 10 people on the ground were killed and an additional 70 were injured by a World War II fighter that flew out of control and smashed into box seats near a grandstand.
No civilians were injured in Sunday’s crash, and the pilots were the sole occupants of their respective planes. The remainder of the Air Races was canceled Sunday, organizers said.
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