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before that person's head get notice way. we will continue to show that to you just so you get a sense of the speed with which it was traveling and the direction, heading straight down, should have been traveling in a horizontal position as other planes were during this race. crashing into a box seat area in front of the main grandstand. the plane, a p-51 mustang, a world war ii era fighter plane known as the "galloping ghost." the pilot, mr. leeward, was competing at the national championship air races and air show at the reno stead airport. witnesses say his plane was about 400 to ...

i think he was trying to do whatever he could right up to the end. i could hear the engine of the plane changing rpms and it just happened so fast. i thought he was coming in on top of us. instead, he missed us by about 100 feet and went out into the box area in front of us. >> and there was no fireball as a result, right? >> no. i was sort of surprised p you know, we are all kind of like a deer in the headlights. i have been coming to the air races for over 20 years. as a matter of fact, we stay out here for the entire five days, camping, go to the air races, but there was no fire w...

known as the gal long ghost. the pilot, mr. leeward, was competing at the national championship air races and air show at the reno stead airport. witnesses say his plane was about 400 to 500 feet in the air when it nosedived. the regional medical center confirm it had has received a total of 21 parents so far. joining me now is fred schultz, he witnessed the crash, a pilot himself. fred, what did you see? >> well, what i seen, we looked up above the grandstands and he was in trouble and coming straight down. i think he was trying to do whatever he could right up to the end. i could h...

i think he was trying to do whatever he could right up to the end. i could hear the engine of the plane changing rpms and it just happened so fast. i thought he was coming in on top of us. instead, he missed us by about 100 feet and went out into the box area in front of us. >> and there was no fireball as a result, right? >> no. i was sort of surprised p you know, we are all kind of like a deer in the headlights. i have been coming to the air races for over 20 years. as a matter of fact, we stay out here for the entire five days, camping, go to the air races, but there was no fire w...

We're going to see something today around the time of the world cup game you don't often see, a total solar eclipse. this is just a picture of what you're probably not going to see but we can explain why you're not going to see it. this is from '09 back in the day, an earlier one that was in india people saw, this is video 2009 solar eclipse. something like this today. >> but what the problem is here is that not here in the states you're only going to see it in the cook islands, tahiti or easter island. if you can jump on a plane head over there, 2:15 eastern. >> yes. >> so book your plane tic...