Aviation experts say it was likely a visibility issue that caused two racing pilots to collide mid-air while preparing to land in Reno last weekend
The fatal crash that killed two racing pilots in Reno last weekend is confounding aviation experts.
Both pilots made brief radio transmissions just before colliding, so a health episode seems unlikely. Telling described the victims, Chris Rushing of Thousand Oaks and Nick Macy of Tulelake, as skilled, expert pilots. Rushing was the defending champion in the race he won Sunday. Macy, the runner-up, had won six times.
Richard McSpadden, former commander of the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, said the crash last week appears to have occurred in a transitional “cool-down” zone. “As event organizers, anytime we’re funneling airplanes into the same location... that’s always a potential conflict,” he said.
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