Van Nuys native Chris Rushing was killed during a mid-air collision at the 2023 National Championship Air Races in Reno early Sunday afternoon.
Two pilots were killed when their planes collided mid-air during the 2023 National Championship Air Races in Reno over the weekend.
"It is with great sorrow that the Reno Air Racing Association announces that around 2:15 p.m. this afternoon, at the conclusion of the T-6 Gold race, upon landing, two planes collided and it has been confirmed that both pilots are deceased," RARA posted on X, formerly known as Twitter.as Chris Rushing, who flies out of Van Nuys, and Nick Macy, who flies out of Tulelake in Northern California.
Rushing flew Baron's Revenge, a North American AT-6B, and Macy flew a North American T-6G called Six Cat, the association said. No civilians were injured during the crash. "A single-engine North American T-6G and a single-engine North American AT-6B collided in mid-air at the National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada, around 2:45 p.m. local time on Sunday, Sept. 17. Only the pilots were on board both aircraft," said a statement from the Federal Aviation Administration."The FAA and the NTSB will investigate. The NTSB will be in charge of the investigation and will provide further updates.
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