It looks like if the stands had been moved back just 50 feet, the only fatality would have been the pilot. Is it too much to ask that air shows not have grandstands directly under the flightpaths?
@ShanFoster32 The main grandstands at Reno are permanent structures. The normal flight path is not over the stands, and the planes fly parallel to the stands when they're at all close to them. It seems like this incident is a freak accident where the plane made a pretty big roll maneuver towards the stands.
It looks like if the stands had been moved back just 50 feet, the only fatality would have been the pilot. Is it too much to ask that air shows not have grandstands directly under the flightpaths?
ShanFoster32 5 months ago
@ShanFoster32 The main grandstands at Reno are permanent structures. The normal flight path is not over the stands, and the planes fly parallel to the stands when they're at all close to them. It seems like this incident is a freak accident where the plane made a pretty big roll maneuver towards the stands.
sperry04 5 months ago 2
I know, not very cool of me to put up KTVN's footage. Hopefully they'll post it on their website shortly.
sperry04 5 months ago