Jimmy leeward biography
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- James Kent "Jimmy" Leeward (October 21, [1] – September 16, ) was an American air racer, owner of the Leeward Air Ranch in Ocala, Florida, and the pilot of the heavily modified North American P Mustang racing aircraft, The Galloping Ghost.[2] He died at the Reno Air Races in a crash that killed him and 10 others; an investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board.
16 September 2011: In the late afternoon, six highly-modified World War II-era fighters were competing in a preliminary heat for the Unlimited Division championship of the National Championship Air Races, being held at the Reno-Stead Airport (RST), about 12 miles (19 kilometers) northwest of the central business district of the city of Reno, Nevada. The field elevation is 5,050 feet above Sea Level (1,539 meters). The races were being flown over an 8.4-mile (13.5 kilometers) ovate course, marked by ten pylons. All turns were made to the left.
The competitors for Heat 2A were three North American Aviation P-51D Mustangs, a Goodyear F2G-1 Corsair, a Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat, and two Hawker Sea Furies.
The Galloping Ghost, race number 177, was flown by its owner, James Kent Leeward. On lap number three, Leeward was 4.5 seconds behind the second-place P-51, Voodoo, and 8.8 seconds behind the heat leader, Strega, also a radically-modified Mustang. The airplane was at approximate
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- James Kent "Jimmy" Leeward (October 21, – September 16, ) was an American air racer, owner of the Leeward Air Ranch in Ocala, Florida, and the pilot of the heavily modified North American P Mustang racing aircraft, The Galloping Ghost.
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- On September 16, , The Galloping Ghost, a highly modified North American PD Mustang racing aircraft, crashed into spectators while competing at the Reno Air Races in Reno, Nevada, killing the pilot, Jimmy Leeward, and ten people on the ground.
| Jimmy Leeward was born on October 21, 1936 in Brackenridge, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Dragonfly (2002), Thirteen Days (2000) and Amelia. | |
| James Kent "Jimmy" Leeward (October 21, – September 16, ) was an American air racer, owner of the Leeward Air Ranch in Ocala, Florida, and the pilot of the heavily modified North American P Mustang racing aircraft, The Galloping Ghost. | |
| Jimmy Leeward was born on 21 October 1936 in Brackenridge, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Dragonfly (2002), Thirteen Days (2000) and Amelia . |
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- “Jimmy” was born James Kent Leeward on October 21, in Brackenridge, Pennsylvania.