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Poncho73
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Mid-air near Reno

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Re: Mid-air near Reno

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There is already a thread discussing this. or go to BCP.org for even more info.
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counsellj wrote:There is already a thread discussing this. or go to BCP.org for even more info.
OK thanks, missed the thread.
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Re: Mid-air near Reno

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There is another thread on this.

That news article is pretty much correct, though the site was about 10 NNW of yerington, not in it.

In short, the 2 aircraft were Tom Weiss' 170 and a small experimental called a savanna, which looks to the untrained eye like a zenith high wing.

Tom took off shortly before Tyler, and they somemow collided on downwind. a number of us saw the aircraft fall out of sight behind the hill a half mile or so from where we were standing. Dozens of people immediately went to help on foot and in various vehicles. No one I talked to at the scene saw the collision.

Bad day. RIP Tom and Tyler.
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