Unobstructed View! Reno Airshow crash 2011

[@Prestostark]

Wow.... this is very is very poignant. Family day, people enjoying themselves and then the shock, disbelief and sadness of the accident. Nice job with the camera, capturing the moment.

[@lowi2568]

Move Away! Stay where you are! Hold your position!

[@friedchicken1]

Hold away, move your position, stay where you move

[@animula6908]

He’s trying to keep well-meaning crowds from flocking to render aid, because in a number of public disasters the crowds have prevented ambulances and trained personnel from accessing the worst injured in a timely manner. I’ve seen ambulances trying to crawl through dense crowds when seconds counted, and the announcer is giving the right instructions, trying to get uninjured to step back from or stay out of the paths of medical professionals. He probably saved a lot of lives that day. No matter who ridicules him for it, he’s a hero.

[@Mallu151]

"hold your position" "hands up everybody". Are the announcers aware that a plane just crashed or are they robbing someone.

[@compoundlml7156]

I realize this is old, but he was saying heads up...you know be aware of emergency vehicles inbound.

[@friedchicken1]

@@compoundlml7156 your comment has been useful to me because I also thought he said "hands up" and now I know he said "heads up" so TY

[@scottprather5645]

The guy just misspoke in a moment of high stress is called being human

[@TheBeanis8]

@@scottprather5645 no, he didn't misspeak. OP just misheard.

[@clarkingtonatortron]

​@compoundlml7156 i thought it was because they didnt want people to have to see the bodies😬

[@drumdude46]

indeed the darkest day in Reno Air Race history.... i've gone every year since early nineties...and was out there 'that week', up until the wed. prior... for some reason...just decided not to buy another ticket and attend the weekend. me and a friend we're on the ramp at the peppermill booth that Wednesday. two days later....'this. i haven't been out since..... horrific.

[@derpferguson5400]

gay

[@ebp1234]

maybe satan saved you.

[@TheMW2informer]

@@ebp1234 true

[@bradsanders407]

Way to make this about you

[@methodman247]

Well thankfully this guy had his flip on hand and filming with it. Thanks bro

[@dangerous8333]

The video is in 240p...that's why.

[@t-rex4211]

I think it was a Nokia 33 potato

[@DAIadvisor]

"Unobstructed view!" except for horrible compression artifacting, dismal frame rate and awful camera work. I think I almost saw something fall to the ground at one point.

[@gavcom4060]

Ромашка 1941 bruh this is from 2011

[@The66Leadfoot]

Pretty sure it's better than YOUR footage..

[@runework.]

it says Reno Airshow Crash, even know what you're watching?

[@BadazzRule]

Dude stop trying to be funny, keep your day job

[@slavatoin8273]

“unobstructed view!” *proceeds to obstruct in 240p*

[@dangerous8333]

😂

[@Seltkirk-ABC]

Cry more wah wahhh

[@matthewguttormson6581]

A bunch of extra modifications, lying about age, shortend wings, bad news right there

[@FiveCentsPlease]

Matthew Guttormson Not really. The NTSB investigation shows that the modifications really didn't factor into the accident. Arguably, having both elevator trim tabs instead of one might have given the pilot more control. Many of the planes flying in the race have shortened wings. The failure was reusing old lock nut hardware on the elevator trim control linkages. These nuts would not torque down, leading to failure of the elevator trim control and instantaneous loss of pitch at high speed and high g-loading. Pilot age was not a factor either. Bob Hannah was 40 years old and piloting Voodoo Chile when he also lost trim control. Hannah was lucky because his plane did not nose over into a crash. More here: www.popularmechanics.com/flight/a7264/how-a-small-piece-of-metal-caused-the-reno-air-race-crash-6481596/

[@bitemykrank1970]

Thanks for the article, interesting reading. No wonder his head is on his lap and he went in at full tilt. I reckon i might go a little grey eyed at 22.5 G aswell. Bet the NTSB loved following that telemetry stream.

[@matthewweisenburger2095]

Bite My Krank its a wonder the wings stayed intact when it pulled that hard

[@glibsonoran]

@@FiveCentsPlease Actually the NTSB investigation said the modifications made to the aircraft made it more sensitive to pitch and unstable in pitch requiring heavy trim from that elevator trim tab to keep from pitching up violently; and that this did contribute to the accident and the 17G pull up that GLOC'd the pilot.

[@OpinionatedPeach]

Jokes aside that announcer kept a crowd calm that otherwise would have panicked.

[@FiveCentsPlease]

The Mustang has the highest number of surviving examples for the WWII fighters, with 160+ flying and another 150+ on static display or in restoration. A commercial market for parts has developed over the last few decades to support these examples but this is unique to the P-51. RR does not make any new engine parts, but independent workshops remake parts when needed and this is expensive. No new engines yet. Mustangs fly with the Parkard Merlin, not the Griffon.

[@christophertmunro4503]

And I thought it was either the Acorn or Medusa engine they flew with!!

[@FiveCentsPlease]

@@christophertmunro4503 I think this 12-year-old comment was a reply to someone else.

[@GDI-disc-accepted]

The sound of that thud when it impacted the concrete,scary ....I read that he blacked out due to the G's when the plane took an unexpected climb,glad he didn't feel a thing

[@itzsprly5855]

The trim ting separated from the elevator and an unexpected 11G climb made him black out making the plane loose control and crashed and why you didn’t see a fire ball is because it hit the ground so hard the fuel pretty much said what’s going on

[@robinnogay7424]

He regain consciousness just before he wrecked and luckily steered the aircraft out of the way of the bleachers or more people could have died

[@friedchicken1]

yeah somebody said 17 Gs in one of the videos

[@ace_moto6909]

@@friedchicken1 wasn’t that much, about 11 or 12 g’s

[@ace_moto6909]

He wouldn’t have felt a thing wether he was conscious or not, it happened so fast he would’ve disintegrated instantly

[@joewalsh5926]

The NTSB investigation (released in August 2012) found that the probable cause of the crash were REUSED single-use locknuts in the left elevator trim tab system that loosened... Untested and undocumented modifications to the airplane contributed to the accident. Hell, the pilot/owner even admitted in a pre-race interview that he didn't really know if his modifications were going to work, not to mention the fact that he lied about his age and lied about the mods he'd made to the FAA. Also there the disturbing matter of race organizers allowing a freaking senior citizen to fly in the first place. I swear, rich people really do seem to think that rules don't apply to them! I sincerely hope that the victims or their surviving families sued the crap out of the Reno AirRace organizers, and sued this jackass' estate for every penny he had.

[@john_dillermand]

Agreed 100% Lives stolen, families destroyed. All because rich dick wanted to fly a plane his way.

[@throe68]

"...The record shows I took the blows...and did it myyyyyyy waaaaaayyyyyyy..."

[@fredferd965]

OK, I think the man was 73 years old at the time. I'm 73 right now. I "feel" like I could fly the plane (if I had the proper training) but deep inside I know that's wrong - very wrong. People my age have no damn business behind those machines. Our reaction time is slower, and our bodies cannot handle those high G forces like young people. And, if the man happened to have a heart attack at 400 miles an hour, it would not be a good thing. Right now, I would be darned careful getting checked out on a Cessna 172.

[@fkerpants]

"I swear, rich people really do seem to think that rules don't apply to them!" Many times, the rules don't apply to them, and it's a pisser to be sure. However, in this and the case of JFK Jr., the intransigent laws of physics dramatically eliminate them from the gene pool. Sadly, this jerkoff took people with him.

[@Steve-fe4lq]

@@fredferd965 a young person would not have been able to handle what happened here. The pilot's age aside, anyone in that cockpit would have been dead after that trim tab came apart.

[@BaneOfBoon]

god bless that pilots family and everyone who was lost in that terrible crash...

[@atomicbonds6790]

Whoops! Wrong there buddy! Satan's taking care of all involved!

[@BaneOfBoon]

@@atomicbonds6790 Older and more jaded to people in the world now from when I made my first comment. Kick the chair out from underneath ya, let it all hang out 🤙

[@matycee]

"Unobstructed View... in pretty much the lowest possible resolution!" is a better title I think

[@justindececco5836]

Imagine now adays...."please stand back"...as EVERYBODY WITH A PHONE runs down to get video for tik tok vids & likes 😂

[@AtlantaTerry]

Tik Tok did not exist in 2011.

[@andrewthetwin]

@@AtlantaTerry 2 year old r/woooosh

[@jesterking1]

Unobstructed view, recorded on a 2004 Motorola razr flip phone.

[@good_greeb]

jesus christ....the whole idea of that is just awful....seeing a little baby, a whole family, knowing they could have all just been gone....god damn....makes you glad to be alive..

[@lisarenee3505]

Why is the announcer telling people to keep their hands up? WTF dude, is everyone there a criminal suspect now? Plus you have one guy telling people to "hold your position" while the other is telling people to move away. I get the impression that those jokers had no idea how to handle an incident like that, which means that the race organizers never even really prepared for such an incident.

[@dhb2322]

lisarenee3505 lmao for real .

[@aaronaldrich4577]

lisarenee3505 he said heads up

[@Lucas_Tulic]

Well... it was a freaking air show, with airplanes, so I'm guessing that everyone there had their heads up!!

[@theotterguy]

@@Lucas_Tulic He meant for emergency vehicles.

[@bashfulbrother]

One of my best friends flew these in WW2. He was the first black fighter pilot in the war. It's hard to imagine these guys flying at that speed and carrying on air battles.

[@Rodrigo2838]

@Alvin691 apparently the elevator trim tab felt off.

[@TammieAbusedNotBrokenRecovered]

Wow hard to watch. 🥺🥺 They also had a crash at these Reno Races 2002. Horrible tragic sight. 🥺

[@mustangsandwich]

Good video, in terms of showing what happened. Very sad. I was on my way up to see the races on Saturday with my young son.

[@jerrywitt1736]

dang! every time I watch it I get sick! Maybe Reno should make sure FAA knows about all the mods on each aircraft. No hiding crap like Galloping Ghost did. RIP.

[@jerrywitt3576]

+Teh Hoorf Galloping ghost had over 13 modifications Faa didnt know about including the trim tab modification.

[@Steve-fe4lq]

@@jerrywitt3576 the crash had nothing to do with any such mods. The crash was caused by the failure of an old worn out locking nut.

[@Veixel]

@@Steve-fe4lq no

[@derekwall82]

well itd be costly if you had to modify one for the mustang which is a ww2 relic and its a plane for which parts for the engine and whatever else are hard to come by. how much does a mustang like this one cost exactly? $1,000,000 or higher?

[@FiveCentsPlease]

The Mustang was NEVER equipped with an ejection seat. Designing one for the Mustang would be very costly and would be heavy for a race aircraft. In any case, exiting the aircraft at the low racing altitude would not be survivable and this aircraft was out of control from the onset of the accident.

[@dontcare7086]

What good is a ejection seat when the pilot blacked out? Ntsb said he blacked out so he never would've been able to pull the eject anyway.

[@FiveCentsPlease]

@@dontcare7086 That is correct. There wasn't anything to save the pilot when accident was over in about five seconds or so. Ejection is not an option for the type and the NTSB even looked at G-suits and they would not have been helpful to the pilot.

[@The_Conspiracy_Analyst]

@1:47 ".......it's not butter!"

[@ThatOpalGuy]

Filmed in glorious potatovsion.

[@scardinals1]

It is horrible that something like this occurred, but it will be hard to tell someone to stop doing what they love. It just won't happen. It is sad to say, but death is a part of life. Happens when people drive cars and so on... To suggest people to stop doing what they want to do won't work.

[@Alantheleopard]

Poor people. Women, children... But why the hell was that people sat on or so close to the parking for planes? It is true that it´s impossible to predict where an aircraft with problems will crash, and it could´ve crashed on the main grandstand as well, but anyway,what a foolishness. There you are the consequences. Why didn´t they stay on the main grandstands if there were plenty of seats free there? It did catch my attention that the girl with the baby mixes or alternates English with Spanish.

[@mpg869]

stay calm? and how do you expect people to stay calm a plane just killed 100 people

[@Chris-dm4uv]

+mpg869 12

[@boogie504]

11 people took the Galloping Ghost!

[@indridcold8433]

Nobody could have possibly survived that crash.

[@DrillRaptor]

Nothing but respect for your friend, but fortunately, they fought (more often than not) at significantly higher altitudes, giving them room to maneuver tactically and, if necessary, bail out.

[@Sealy57]

@Unholybuilder53 Not precisely. The pilot was already pulling up away from the race, since he sensed something wrong with his craft. A trim tab, in and of itself cannot keep the plane level. That is the job of the elevator. The trim tab helps the pilot do the fine tuning, with respect to holding the plane at a given attitude.

[@Juno58]

@ sealy57: you're wrong, it's the task of a trim tab to keep the plane in level. What else would that be good for?

[@notme5844]

@@Juno58 The trim tab is usually used the stop the plane from overly pitching, but is not necessary to do so. The pilot can hold the plane straight and level without the use of trim. In this case, the pilot was using trim and traveling at a high speed, so when the tab broke it caused a massive change in elevator input over a short time. The trim tab failing like this wouldnt normally cause such an accident, except when at high speeds and when using large amounts of trim (enough that losing it caused a 17g pull). So yes, the trim tab holds the plane level, but normally losing a trim tab wouldnt cause something like this.

[@dewayne5628]

Of course this can't be proven- even at the time of the accident investigation there weren't enough pieces left, BUT a mechanic's opinion familiar with that particular aircraft AND frames from the doomed flight showing an empty cockpit (no helmet visible) help to support the theory and most probable cause of the crash. The recent modifications had left the nuts to the bolts that secure the pilot's seat untightened, to where after a few laps, vibration and G-force caused the seat to fall backwards. In attempt to pull himself back to control the plane, the pilot is pulling back on the stick, yet the G-force of climbing at 500 mph didn't allow him to get to the foot pedals in time to prevent the plane from rolling (this is where the broken elevator may have been a factor). Slow motion photography showed the pilot's helmet was still not visible in the cockpit glass during the steep angle dive into the ground. It's highly unlikely the pilot ever managed to unbuckle from the harness holding him to his seat, and from visible evidence it's a safe bet the pilot never got back to the pedals or was able to manage a view from the cockpit to be aware of his relative orientation to the deck.

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+Dewayne Everything in your statement is wrong. The NTSB has the forensic evidence from debris, the time-stamped photos and video, and the analysis and math to correctly determine the cause of the accident. Missing pilot? No, this is his helmet slumped against the instrument panel after being pushed forward from deceleration Gs: 3.bp.blogspot.com/-ef0NmwUY8Og/TnpGsJ4xiVI/AAAAAAAAA18/Z2tGAPOrSKI/s1600/plane.JPG The aircraft lost trim control at high speed and went out of control. Here is photo evidence of the trim tab already moving outside of normal range of travel and into a flutter condition. fearoflanding.com/files/2012/09/left-trim-tab.jpg And here is a debris photo showing worn-out locking nuts for the trim controls that should have been replaced with new parts instead of being reused. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/GallopingGhostLocknut.png/1280px-GallopingGhostLocknut.png?1601340182522

[@TheMailmanOfSteel]

Or, the rear trim tab broke, and the commanded pitch up both broke his arms when the control stick smashed into him and blacked him out at the same time, basically making the pilot deadweight "along for the ride" as the Galloping Ghost did the most amazing impression of a lawn dart that I've ever seen right into the crowd at around 500ish mph.

[@mikewa2]

Air shows and racing as a spectator is dangerous. So many videos of bad accidents. We have decided not to go to these in future

[@LiterallyAdude-j3p]

Why almost everything bad happen in september?

[@liquidpersuasion]

"Hold your position." FUck that I'm going home after that shit.

[@TheBanjoShowOfficial]

nothing about this incident is funny but this comment made me laugh alot

[@Xenthera]

Like you said, there is no way to predict where the airplane would've crashed. Where the people were sitting near the impact zone was part of the grandstands, the VIP area of them.

[@ThatOneMelodyRat]

Jokes about this is just Plane wrong

[@jennicase]

danny fox you win this round, congrats LOL

[@friedchicken1]

Props to you

[@e.l.norton]

Pretty sure he punched through to another dimension.

[@genericyoutube]

It was the pilots fault, the mods, everything.

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+ Generic KZbinr Several individuals worked on the flight controls, so there was a decision point to reuse the old flight control fasteners.. The FAA remedied the problem by mandating that every operator replace those specific parts immediately.

[@theshermantanker7043]

It wasn't his fault at all lmao, the plane's tabs broke by itself and made it rocket upwards, he was a victim of the crash as well

[@Soupdragon1964]

Horrible crash...... I hear that the elevator trim tab came away resulting in the loop and loss of consciousness. Is that correct? Air racing is, and always has been, dangerous but that's no reason to get rid of it.

[@FiveCentsPlease]

Yes trim tab failure, loss of control and G-induced blackout for the pilot.

[@leifvejby8023]

That is correct, all because of reusing some locking nuts for the trim tab hinges!

[@FiveCentsPlease]

***** The pitch up was because of the loss of trim control, not any action by the pilot. The timeline in the NTSB report shows the loss of trim control and the pitch up occurred in about 1/3 of a second, with stick forces too strong for the pilot to overcome.

[@FiveCentsPlease]

***** There was an initial left roll of the plane before the pitch up, but the first photographic evidence of the failed trim tab was 0.56 seconds after the roll upset. The NTSB concluded that the trim tab linkage was already broken at the start of the roll upset and that aerodynamic forces combined with loss of elevator trim would pitch the plane up at forces greater than the pilot could control.

[@FiveCentsPlease]

***** Not a jammed elevator. Once the trim tab was no longer countering the loads on the elevator, the control stick snapped back with more force than than the pilot could hold, And once the pitch up began, the loads on the elevator and stick would only increase. Source: NTSB "Aircraft Performance Study", pages 23-24.

[@Addi_jones]

this crash was 1 day before my 1st bday! I found out 10 years later & now i'm 12, instead of being happy before my bday, I'm sad for the people who died, also one of my ancestors died on the 16 sept so I also remember her

[@planetary109]

Is the plane okay?

[@wyatt_]

***** THE PLANE WAS OBLITERATED TO BITS.... SO WAS THE PILOT

[@tylernoland8141]

So were 10 innocent by standers looking to have some fun with their families

[@cyrilberruyer8346]

Tyler Noland Come on. You can't just say you're innocently looking at modified aircrafts racing in front of you. The risk of accident is obvious.

[@11290lars]

Tyler Noland 2 killed, 50 injured

[@wyatt_]

11290lars lots of people lost arms and legs and one guy was even cut in half by the shrapnel

[@rndude2]

The best video of the crash

[@professor_thunder]

Air Shows are Darwin's favorite locations to thin the herd.

[@Underbottom.Sandydown]

Says the guy who's deified a scientist who discounted his own theory before death.

[@kyleshockley1573]

@@Underbottom.Sandydown To be fair, you don't need a deathbed confession by Darwin to be able to write off the really oversold parts of his story. But good luck trying to convince anyone online who goes looking for elaborate Pokemon boxes to fit their angry world view into. If it wasn't Darwin they would have found a dozen other Victorian naturalists spinning natural history stories, just so they can justify all the Cheeto dust in their beards.

[@glennpowell3444]

Hats off for the emergency crews.God knows what was left of the victims but they had to deal with the mess ultimately.I am pretty thick skinned but couldnt do it .All this apparantly was the result of a nyloc nut being reused on the trim tab thread as opposed to fitting a new one that cost loose change to buy.

[@Defender78]

The crowd and kids want to see planes zooming around, buzzing around, turning, banking. The pilots could have been flying at 250 MPH and still would have put on an enjoyable performance.

[@Sneakerhead522]

I loves this before the crash

[@jamesdewer]

Great picture, thank god you folks are ok,

[@MrLunchHour2]

The video quality obstructs it well

[@MrBrownstone8881]

Sounds like she was having sex, "oooooooo poppyyyy" lol on a serious note. RIP spectators and pilot.

[@shadowhunter388]

why did the pilot try to pull up instead of turn the plane and keep going straight?

[@dewayne5628]

read my reply- i explained in full detail

[@Pignificent]

Because he's a murderer

[@doccu]

so what happened?

[@shaun4837]

doccu not quite sure, but the pilot had done so many modifications to the plane the plane couldn't handle it, and the pilot when coming down was pulling 17g's he was blacked out.

[@doccu]

Shaunlols ok.

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+doccu What happened? The trim tab on the elevator is used to keep the plane nose-level as the speed increases so that the pilot does not have to fight hard with the stick. The nuts connecting the trim tab controls were too old and out-of-spec and should have been replaced. Those nuts failed and the trim tab was fluttering and no longer working. Without the trim control, the plane nosed up with great force and with an overwhelming G-load that was enough to cause the pilot to pass out. With the pilot passed out, then plane just continued as a missile at full speed. The forces in this accident would overwhelm any human regardless of age.

[@doccu]

FiveCentsPlease allright thx, u can't actually see all that happening in this video man.

[@freedomefighterbrony9053]

@@shaun4837 not do investigation showed the mods had nothing to do with the crash they re used a one use nut in the elevator trim tab it broke off and jammed the elevator in a upright position

[@emersonbordeaux]

Well actually, the pop-up Advertisement obstructed my view. I hate it when people monetize their videos!!!

[@TurbineProductionsX]

@ALLERTORLOVER69 why?

[@ruddert1112]

awful just awful i pray for the families and those who died and were injured

[@theotterguy]

Oh that will help.

[@derekwall82]

damn that was a violent crash.

[@Powertoyah32]

1:40 in

[@theballer04]

@5tubes You realize that the eye was there before the crash?

[@jjthomas2297]

Why is it so out of focus?

[@Penguinsrock124]

It's the resolution, not focus.

[@OneMor3Win]

Conspiracy!!! Advertisement for Pepsi at 1:41!!! Big conspiracy!!!! ;)

[@Gehennakat]

@ Chica The callousness of your response is as cold as your lonely ass heart...

[@NoHurriesNoWorries]

The public address announcer dude is being very pushy. He has no right to forbid someone from walking wherever the hell they want to walk.

[@dannicolmatthew]

No he's not, he's making sure no one gets in the way of the safety crews doing their job. You don't want anyone getting ran over by a safety vehicle do you?

[@VladimirBlarp]

I was seated 3 seats to the left of the impact. But I ate a bad chili dog and was having a bad case of the hershey squirts so I headed to find a porta-poopie, so I missed the crash by 45 seconds.

[@jeffreyflees2484]

Nobody: Japanese planes during WWII:

[@HomeRunChess]

Stop making memes a guy dies and takes many others with him in this video

[@genericyoutube]

@@HomeRunChess welcome to the internet, first time huh?

[@HomeRunChess]

@@genericyoutube Ay I know how it is here I just really hate how it is here

[@genericyoutube]

@@HomeRunChess i think im supose to shout something about you being a snowflake or something, I'll have to go look at me conservative boomer internet users guide

[@HomeRunChess]

@@genericyoutube lol

[@davidnco1]

that guy sounded like he was stoned

[@14demonhunter]

@legendofspades2004 the pilot was completely blacked out by a 9-12g pullout because the trim-tab on the elevator broke. even if he was awake, he would have had little or no control of the plane.

[@diegogarcinuno891]

Decidan o castellano o inglés?

[@DeedeesJourney]

All air shows shouldve been banned long before this. It's never going to be regulated and protected enough for pilots or spectators.

[@CaboWabotv]

Siiii Poppy!!

[@Finozzi96]

papi*

[@djxsquizit]

😂😂😂

[@Alantheleopard]

Probably, or just fainted before crashing. Anyway, every guilt seems to point at him: to start with, and as I read somewhere, he did not let the stewards check his plane. That should have instantly derived into banning him from racing, but they didn´t (???...) And then, it seems that he made the childish mistake of lying about his age, being too old for those aircraft. What kind of control is it in those races, if any? Or do they want to make it as in Hollywood movies, where "anything works"?...

[@DarthJermz]

Another dumb fuck commenting about something that they know NOTHING about, because you're too stupid to read a report.

[@BitesTooHard]

You don't even have time to know how to get out of the way of that thing. Unbelievable. Very fast machines.

[@venusasboy65536]

Hello Brian!!, about the woman that you said she was Mexican, just let me be clear, she is not. Her accent is not a Mexican one. Not all the Spanish spooken people must be Mexican. By the way, the same expression you don't like about, it's the same that we the Mexican think about your O my God!!. Don't Be intolerant. Have a nice day ;-)

[@nitrox28]

Skip ahead to 1:37 to see the action.

[@PurpleDreki]

My God, nothing on this day.

[@Billente]

The moderator sounds like Cave Johnson from Portal

[@captbosco]

A totally unobstructed view.....of beautiful puffy white clouds in a blue sky.

[@chasam1234]

How in the name of all that's holy would you allow spectators to be on the runway or in proximity to these aircraft ...beyond belief !!!

[@bradsanders407]

Listen here little lady, no one forced anyone to go or to participate and no one is forcing you to go or to participate. Stick to your yarn ball and leave the grown ups be

[@derekwall82]

so they still make parts for this particular aircraft although there are only a handful of them in existance? if i were to own one id try to find one that has the stock engine. which would be the rolls royce griffon V-12. and ill bet rolls royce still makes parts for that type of engine. the griffon V-12 well outdoes the liberty V-12 we built and has alot more horsepower.

[@desertfoxleo]

Actually, the stock engine for most P-51's was the Packard V-1650 Merlin, which was a licensed version of the Rolls Royce Merlin 66 engine.

[@derekwall82]

i suppose thats a good thing, a piece of history like the P51 mustang fighter plane i think is a bird considered to be a collectors item. after all alot of people would love to own one of the fastest prop driven planes in the world. i know i want one. and youre right it was the merlin V-12 not the griffon. sorry for that mishap

[@ian0837]

The death was instant and oh my god did they come in hard RIP

[@ojofelixnm3608]

That large piece of debris trailing smoke you see moving off to the right is the merlin engine.

[@Flightstar]

+Ojo Felix NM That's steam from the hot coolant

[@ojofelixnm3608]

+videoclipits Right you are. Hot coolant being discharged from what is left of that Merlin engine. Regards

[@cdizzy47]

That sound it makes coming into the ground I'm sorry to say but fffuuuuucccckkkk .. gives me goosebumps. Poor guy man. The camera guy said ealrier their was something wrong with "that one" it was like a movie lol

[@dmgsoultogetherness6667]

stay where you are.....🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️ im amazed there was no fuel eruption

[@Gabriel_4226]

Greetings from Venezuela.

[@RawrAmburr]

I love how all the people who make rude comments on here dont even live in the town, nor were they there. LOL

[@henryrodgers1752]

What? Wait...that wasn't part of the show?? Oh My Ggoodddd

[@RedUSMarines311]

ok so what your saying is stay back for 67 times in a row.

[@LiveFreeOrRIP]

Stay where you are... Are you insane... Those people got covered in fuel and the plane could burst into flames... Stay my ass... If im alive im out of there..

[@jknoppe]

Hey, honey, I have a great idea for our family outing today. Lets go to a air-racing show where thousand pound chucks of metal, moving at 400+ m/hr are flying just above our heads. Also, lets sit in the stands that are located right below one of the high G turns, a perfect location for a "trim tab" to fail. And to make things really exciting, lets hope the race organizers allow really old guys, like 74yo, to pilot these high G planes. Wow, what fun. What could go wrong. 10 dead and 70 injured later. Im always encouraged to see these videos depicting the high intellect segment of our human population attend these events, with their infant children in tow. Human culling at its finest. Keep up the good work.

[@TheBeigeBox]

What an absolute edge lord. You really really need to get laid son

[@Pignificent]

It's a shame only 11 died. I wish I was there

[@mrsmelzbad]

Question? Why for fucks sake, did kamikazi pilots wear a helmet?

[@johnnydavis8351]

NASCAR. Always hanging a tight lefty... But... dang. I have nothing negative to say . God speed friend😎

[@XxBillyGoatNinjaxX]

@tz138 I agree. It's sad that so many people are making jokes about this when that thud is just eyeopening.

[@randallwhite536]

Unobstructed? I couldn't see shit.

[@orangejoe204]

I love the idiot announcers yammering contradictory orders over the top of each other. Utterly unhelpful, clearly they had never even planned or considered one of the racers crashing into the crowd. Racing souped up antique WWII fighters is a decadent old rich man game that needs to die. That P-51 was older than my grandfather and belonged in a museum, or at most trot it out for a fly-by once a year. If Formula 1 racers were built using parts from Ford Model Ts, they'd disintegrate randomly on the track at high speed too!

[@PennHoo]

+Alex Tocqueville The plane did not crash because it was old.

[@FiveCentsPlease]

Technically, they reinstalled small old parts in the flight controls that should have been replaced with new ones. After the NTSB report, the FAA required everybody to replace those parts. A terrible oversight when these planes have been rebuilt to new condition numerous times.

[@bmused55]

The age of the plane is not the problem, its that these pilots modify them for speed. They clipped the wing span and make all sorts of tweaks which makes these birds VERY twitchy at speeds. It was the modifications that led to this crash, not the age of the plane.

[@bmused55]

Granted, but the P51 was never designed to be so unstable and go so damn fast at tree top level. They screwed with the aerodynamics and this is what they get.

[@bmused55]

Yeah, I know about the FAA not knowing about several modifications. A standard P51D will fly just fine without a trim tab. I'll be a little twitchy at speed, but will fly just fine. With the modifications they did to this one, it's nose wanted to pitch up high when at speed, the trim tab stopped that. So when it failed... it was all over. Again, in a standard P51D this would not have resulted in a crash.

[@Lworld63]

@ALLERTORLOVER69 thats like saying that you would be part of nascar and not race in the daytona 500

[@wagonbrnr]

horrible accident! was there! you all that guess at it should keep quiet! you dont have a clue! RIP 77 and families and friends and all affected by this tragedy! RENO 2012 SEE SEE YOU THERE!

[@trudj505]

Oooh papi!!!!!! I bet thats not the only time she be saying that!!

[@CritTrunks]

THAT ENTIRE PLANE IS GONE AND THE BODY VAPORIZED

[@jeffhicks1008]

I had read somewhere that one of the first responders or coroner was interviewed and when they were looking for body parts he actually found the pilots upper torso still in the flight suit with parachute harness still attached! Gruesome, you would think that a body would be vaporized but I guess not more like fragmented.