Two pilots died when their vintage planes collided in front of tens of thousands of spectators Sunday at the National Championship Air Races in northern Nevada, cutting the final day of the event short. Chris Rushing of Thousand Oaks, California, and Nick Macy of Tulelake, California, died after competing against each other in T-6 Texans, planes that were used to train pilots in World War II and into the 1970s. It marked the second-straight year where a pilot died at the event, and at least the
The skies at Lompoc Airport will be dotted with yellow through the weekend as dozens of light aircraft model Piper Cubs take flight for the 39th annual West Coast Cub
besides animals, and wide open spaces, mark had another passion, flying. back in 1995, he almost killed him. mark did have a bad accident. mark had a terrible accident. a five flank murmuration of world war ii s and, 50 years ago this month. mark was part of this aerial armada of vintage planes, when something went terribly wrong. we believe the engine had failed, and he made a forced landing, ran off the end of the runway. he survived but he had very severe brain injury. did he decide to fly again, at any point? he did. why do you think you want to fly again? he almost died. it s like being thrown from a horse. he wanted to be the person he was before. and he did it? he did. but it took a long time. mark s colleagues in the da s office admired his strength to fight through adversity. they also got a kick out of his weakness, his love for sugary snacks. he had a sweet tooth. he would eat people stuff.