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Freepers, today is the final rounds @ Reno for the Championships! Live Steam here: https://airrace.org/live-stream/

RENO, Nev. -- Organizers of the Reno National Championship Air Races cleared a major hurdle Thursday in their bid to continue the annual event this fall, winning approval of a special one-year permit and moving closer to securing the necessary $100 million in insurance in the aftermath of last year's tragic mass-casualty crash. The future of the 48-year-old competition has been in question since a modified World War II-era plane crashed at the event in September, killing the pilot and 10 spectators, and injuring more than 70 others on the ground. The Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority's board of trustees voted unanimously...

DEVELOPING: RENO, Nev. -- An airplane crashed Friday into a crowd attending an air race here, injuring dozens in what one event official described as a "mass-casualty situation." A medical official later said more than 75 people had been injured, including 25 critically. There was no official word on deaths, though one report put the toll as high as 12 and the crash near the grandstands left a horrific scene of bodies and wreckage.

It's that time of the year again, start making plans, get your vacation plans in order. Get your hotel reservations NOW!!! (they're going quick) Are any other FReepers going? Dashing Dasher is a FReeper Racer (#4, Biplane Class)!!! My wife and I are Rare Bear Fan Sponsors and we can't wait to see the Bear defend it's title this year.