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On September 16, 2011, at the Reno Air Races, a North American P-51D Mustang crashed into spectators, killing the pilot and 10 people on the ground and injuring 69 others. Leeward, 74, and his Mustang, The Galloping Ghost, were in third place and had just rounded pylon number 8 when …