Friends: Pilot in Reno crash was skilled airman (AP)

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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110917/ap_on_re_us/us_air_show_crash_pilot"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110917/capt.c1c3463779374499837a8e0ccee9ecf4-ce36256be98b4816a18d95d8307b5fdd-0.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=kNKAqbL0CcYOxAc9s_OxcA--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="INCLUDES ADDITION THAT PILOT WAS KILLED IN CRASH-This Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010 photo, shows long time Reno Air Race pilot Jimmy Leeward with his P51 Mustang. A spokesman for Reno's National Championship Air Races says the P-51 Mustang that crashed into a box seat area at the front of the grandstand Friday, Sept. 16, 2011, at the air race was piloted by Leeward. An official reported Friday that Leeward was killed in the crash. (AP Photo/The Reno Gazette-Journal, Marilyn Newton)" border="0" /></a>AP - Friends of an air racer and movie stunt pilot whose plane crashed into the edge of the grandstand at a show said the 74-year-old was a skilled airman and member of a tight-knit flying community.</p><br clear="all"/>

 

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