Anonymous wrote:
> "_ Prof. Jonez _" <theprof@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> Another Fatal Crash At Reno Air Races
>>
>> POSTED: 11:20 am PDT September 14, 2007
>> UPDATED: 5:55 pm PDT September 14, 2007
>>
>> RENO -- Two airplanes collided in the air Friday at the Reno National
>> Champion****p Air Races, killing one pilot and injuring another in the
>> third fatal crash there in four days.
>>
>> Five-time defending champion Gary Hubler, 51, Caldwell, Idaho, was
>> killed in the crash shortly after 9:30 a.m. at the Stead Air****t
>> just north of Reno, race officials said.
>>
>> It marked the 18th fatality in the 44-year history of the air races.
>> It also prompted the suspension of the competition the rest of
>> Friday, but race officials said it would resume Saturday as
>> scheduled. The pilot of the other plane involved in the accident, Jason
Somes
>> of Simi Valley, Calif., was taken to Renown Regional Medical Center
>> with non-life threatening injuries. A friend said he was being
>> treated for an eye injury.
>>
>> Hubler's plane apparently clipped the back of Somes' plane before
>> cra****ng. Somes was able to land his damaged aircraft, race officials
>> said.
>>
>> "They just clipped wings barely," said Carter Fox, who witnessed the
>> crash. "One immediately went down to the ground."
>>
>> Two judges on the ground also suffered minor injuries from flying
>> debris. One refused medical attention and the other was treated at
>> the scene. Students on a field trip from seven elementary schools were
among
>> the fans at the races when the crash occurred. Washoe County School
>> District spokesman Steve Mulvenon said counselors were being made
>> available to talk to children who witnessed the tragedy.
>
>
> "Mulvenon said counselors were being made available to talk to
> children who witnessed the tragedy."
>
>
> This is so lame. Any student old enough to be interested
> in such a race, is certainly old enough to understand and
> comprehend, and deal with such a tragedy.
And this comes from what modern study of juvenile developmental
psychology ?
>
>>
>> The races are like a car race in the sky, following an oval path
>> over the air****t runway and around pylon markers at various
>> distances and sometimes within a few hundred feet of the ground.
>>
>> Competing in the Forumla One class, Hubler was flying a Cassutt III M
>> single-seat plane named "Mariah," which is designed for pylon racing
>> and aerial acrobatics.
>>
>> Hubler started competing in the Reno races in 1984. During Thursday's
>> first heat, he reached a top speed of 259 mph, according to the air
>> races' Web site.
>>
>> Two pilots were killed in accidents on Tuesday and Thursday, the
>> first time since 1993 there has been more than one fatal crash at
>> the races in the same year.
>>
>> "This is highly unusual," said Michael Houghton, president of the air
>> races.
>>
>> Brad Morehouse of Afton, Wyo., was "killed instantly" when his jet
>> crashed about 2:45 p.m. Tuesday, touching off a small brush fire
>> along the runway, Houghton said.
>>
>> Morehouse, co-owner of Afton Flight Service in Wyoming, was flying
>> an L-39 Albatross he named "Dino Juice," a jet often used for
>> military flight training.
>>
>> He was flying in the second heat of the jet class competition. He had
>> finished fourth in Wednesday's qualifying round, reaching a maximum
>> speed of 504 mph, race officials said.
>>
>> The cause of that crash was under investigation but race officials
>> said the initial indication was Morehouse may have gotten caught in
>> the wake of a jet he was tailing.
>>
>> Steve Dari, a pilot from Lemon Grove, Calif., was killed when his
>> biplane stalled shortly after takeoff during a practice run at the
>> air races on Tuesday. His fatal crash had been the first at the
>> races since 2002.
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