Reno Air Races

Pictured: Minutes before pilots Nick Macy and Chris Rushing, flying "Six-Cat" and "Baron's Revenge" respectively, collided after the T-6 Gold race. Both pilots were killed in the crash. The FAA and NTSB are investigating the incident.

It is that time of year, Reno Air Race time. Each year dozens of aircraft come in from everywhere to park in Carson City and attend the air races in Reno. The front of the airport rarely has many aircraft but for this event the area becomes full. Mountain West typically has aircraft parked nearby but at air race time this parking is also full.

The Carson Educational Support Association, which consists of Para Professionals, Secretaries, Clinical Aides, Nurses, Custodians, Skilled Maintenance workers, Bus drivers and Attendants, Nutrition workers, Deaf and hard of hearing interpreters, Library Media technicians, and IT workers, would like to thank the following businesses for for sponsoring and donating to our educational support staff banquet.

The Carson Educational Support Association would like to thank the following businesses for sponsoring and donating to our educational support staff banquet. Although the banquet was canceled due to the Covid 19 pandemic, prizes have been given to the CESA members who won Classified of the Year.

Aviation Legend Clay Lacy takes time out from the Reno Air Races to visit a life long friend George Byard. Lacy and Byard met in the mid 50s while Byard worked for Gulf Stream. Friday they got to meet and tell old stories. Both men have spent their lives expanding aviation.

National Aviation Day was celebrated Monday, August 19. President Franklin D Roosevelt established this United States national observation in 1939. The date is the anniversary of Orville Wright’s birthday. Since 1903 when Orville and Wilbur Wright first achieved piloted, controlled, sustained, heavier-than-air flight the world has changes significantly. We are all touched by aviation in one way or another. Everything from people to packages are transported via airplanes.

The Carson City Band Association will host its third annual night of music, food, and fun to raise funds for Carson High School band programs. Guests will be treated with an intimate evening of performances from talented musicians from Carson High and the community.

Both Carson High School Wind Ensemble and Concert Bands achieved superior ratings, the highest possible rating.

Twelve bands from Churchill, Douglas, Fernley and Dayton competed in the Northern Zone Nevada Music Educators Association High School Band Festival at the Carson City Community Center on March 7, 2019.

Sunday is supposed to be a day for rest, so spend the rest of your weekend making it a fun day.

If the work week flew by for you, then you will want to be sure to catch some of the events occurring in our area before the weekend passes you by. It's already Saturday, Sept. 15, so don't waste any more time.

Historic Dayton is the place to be. The Annual Dayton Valley Days and Railroad Days features a chili cook-off, pet parade, pinewood derby race, and much more. Join CASI at Riverview Park for the annual 5K9 walk/run and don’t forget to bring your pooch. The Edible Pedal is one of the most delicious bike rides around with 100, 50, or 10 mile courses. It’s your last chance to catch the Reno Air Races or The Way it Was Rodeo in Virginia City. Keep reading, more Sunday fun awaits.

SUNDAY:

Whoa doggy, what a weekend. Dayton Valley Days, the Steampunk Ball and Parade in Virginia City, and the Western Heritage Festival at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park are just the tip of the iceberg. Whether it’s in Carson City, or just over the hill in one of our neighboring counties, you’ll find something fun to do. Read on.

SATURDAY:

The first-ever symposium on the uses of autonomous systems, also known as drones, and vehicles for emergency first responders is being hosted by the University of Nevada, Reno Sept. 14-16.

The 5th annual CHS Safe and Sober 5k Run/Walk was a tremendous success with turn-out of 113 participants. The weather cleared up this morning and with just a bit of wind at race time, we couldn’t have asked for more perfect weather, maybe even a sunburn.

The complete race results can be found by clicking here. Thanks to the Tahoe Mountain Milers who provided the chip-set timing system, and special thanks to Steve Lang for setting up and running the system.

One pilot is dead after his sport aircraft crashed during Monday's qualifying heat of the Reno National Championship Air Races at the Reno-Stead Airport.

Reno Fire Dept. Chief Michael Hernandez says the plane suffered “significant structural failure to the aircraft" during the 3:30pm accident.

Please join us next Saturday, February 15 for the fourth annual PTSA Carson High School Safe Grad - Safe and Sober 5K Run/Walk to be held at the Carson High School Track and Field with the race start time of 10:00am.

You can still register for the race at www.race360.com or at CV Sports on February 12th from 5 to 8pm. Even though online registrations ends on Wednesday, there will be late registration available the day of the race.

CARSON CITY – An annual review of funds distributed to charitable groups from the sales of special license plates has found that the University Medical Center Foundation in Las Vegas failed to provide required documentation on the use of the money, and some inf

Question: What do Santa, a clown, a platoon of police officers, and coffee have in common?

Answer: They were all at the Wal-Mart service center Friday morning.

The second day of the seventh-annual Holiday With a Hero shopping spree event kicked off at 9 a.m., with the volunteers being fed donuts and coffee. Santa and his Wal-Mart helpers stood prepped to welcome less-fortunate children and help pair them off with volunteers, who would help them spend their complimentary Wal-Mart gift cards.

This weekend saw two more tragedies for the motorsports world with Nevada connections.

Most people have already heard about or seen the video replays of the horrific IndyCar crash in Las Vegas on Sunday that claimed the life of two-time Indy 500 champion Dan Wheldon.

The same day, off-road racer Rick Huseman was killed in a plane crash in California after taking off from North Las Vegas.

I had the start of a bad day on Sept. 15. My son and I went to the Reno Air Races (as a private pilot, I love this event). We arrived a little after 8 a.m. and we were leaving about 1 p.m., after t...

The disclaimer on Reno National Championship Air Race tickets saying the holder of the ticket assumes responsibility for any injures suffered while attending the event will not stop victims of last week%u2019s crash from collecting through civil lawsuits, legal experts said Wednesday.

An account has been established to benefit the family of a former Woodfords resident who died of injuries received at the Reno Air Races on Friday.

A memorial service is planned for October at Turtle Rock Park for former Woodfords resident John Craik, who died of injuries received at the Reno Air Races on Friday.

When the lawsuits are filed --and experts say they will be -- following last week's air race disaster, experts say the target may not only include the owner of the plane, but also the Reno Air Racing Association Inc. and the Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority, which runs the Reno Stead Airport.

A memorial service is planned for October at Turtle Rock Park for Gardnerville resident John Craik, who died of injuries suffered Friday at the Reno Air Races. Craik, 47, a longtime contractor, ...

When “Galloping Ghost” went down it narrowly missed the thousands of fans sitting in the grand stand. Also near the grand stand, were the official announcers, the voices of the Reno Air Races.

The four brothers leaned on one another, and sometimes it seemed like they leaned on Mikey more %u2014 the serious one who started his own company in high school, the brave one who wrote letters to ask for things they needed, like wheelchairs and scholarships and maybe baseball tickets %u2014 and the only one to graduate from college so far.

Nine persons are confirmed to have died yesterday when a modified P-51 Mustang crashed into the crowd at the Reno Air Races.

The National Transportation Safety Board just held a press conference this afternoon, and a Reno Police official confirmed that seven people were killed on the tarmac including the pilot, and two more died at Renown Medical Center.

A spectacular air race that drew tens of thousands of spectators Friday transformed into a horrific war scene after a veteran pilot crashed his vintage plane on the tarmac just feet away from VIP box seats, forcing officials to cancel the remaining two days of the event.

At least three are confirmed dead and 54 injured after the P-51 Mustang "Galloping Ghost" crashed into the crowd at the Reno Air Races this afternoon.

The pilot, Jimmy Leeward, 74, was killed after his plane nosedived into the ground at high speed.

The event has been canceled for the weekend as the National Transportation Safety Board begins its investigation.

CARSON CITY, Nev. — A stunt pilot, Frank Hawks, unknowingly changed the direction of history for half the world’s population on Tuesday, December 28, 1920.

All he did was take a 23-year-old former tomboy who defied normal female behavior for a 10 minute ride in his plane. “By the time I had got two or three hundred feet off the ground, I knew I had to fly,” exclaimed Amelia Mary Earhart.