Video of the Reno Air Races Crash

Wow!

This video is short but the impact is seen and felt by the fans further down the course.

Here's the vid...

Death Toll Still Unknown at Reno Air Races

A racing plane plunged into the stands at an air race event in Reno in what an official described as a "mass casualty situation."

It wasn't immediately known how many people were killed. But video of the crash showed a horrific scene of bodies and wreckage at the front of the stands.

The National Championship Air Races draws thousands of people every year in September to watch various military and civilian planes race.

Kind of ironic, but earlier this week, race officials posted this video of how fans could stay safe and healthy at the races.  This ended up being a little more serious than a sunburn.

Minnesota Wildfire Grows to 100,000 Acres

The Pagami Creek fire in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of Northern Minnesota has grown to more than 100,000 acres, becoming a plume-driven event.

Superior National Forest officials said the fire made an unprecedented 16 mile run to the east, reaching the edge of Polly Lake.  The fire is now under Unified Command with Lake County Sheriff's Office as full partners of management of the fire.

Governor Mark Dayton issued an Executive Order directing the Minnesota National Guard to lend some big air power to help fight the fire.

Red Cross volunteers are moving cots, blankets, shelter materials, and refreshments to the Community Center in Finland. The community center has been established as an evacuation and reception area.

A new concern now is that the fire may be moving toward the blowdown area from the storm of 1999. If it gets into that region the timber on the ground is dry and stacked like cord-wood. Fire officials say it will go up like a box of matches.

It’s by far the largest forest fire in Minnesota since 1918, surpassing 2007’s Ham Lake fire, which burned about 38,000 acres in Minnesota and another 38,000 in Ontario while also burning 163 buildings.

So far, the Pagami Creek fire has not destroyed any homes, and only one small structure has burned, a relief cabin for Minnesota Department of Natural Resources conservation officers on Insula Lake.

Hockey Player that Survived Plane Crash Dies

The last remaining player of Russia's top hockey team has died after a four-day battle with severe burns, bringing the toll from last week's plane crash to 44 people, a Moscow hospital said.

Lokomotiv winger Alexander Galimov was one of two people who was not instantly killed when a Yak-42 plane carrying the hockey team went down near the club's home town of Yaroslavl.

Galimov was hospitalised with severe burns to more than 90 per cent of his body

The 18-year-old jet failed to gain altitude just after take off for reasons that are still unclear to Russian aviation authorities.

"Lord, we all hoped so much for a miracle. The last string has been torn," said one of the messages on Lokomotiv's website, which has been turned into an outpouring of grief from fans filling its guestbook.

An estimated 100,000 people paid their last respects to the team at a memorial service at its home arena on Saturday that was also attended by prime minister Vladimir Putin.

The crash prompted Russian president Dmitry Medvedev to order his government on Sunday to shut down unreliable airlines and raise penalties for air safety violations.

Flying on one of the Hurricane Hunter Planes - Video

Anyone else wondering what it might be like flying on one the planes that heads into the eye of a hurricane to get current readings. 

Found this older video on Youtube.

This is a NOAA plane that flies through the eye of Hurricane Gilbert in 1988