Two pilots killed at the 2023 National Championship Air Races in Reno were unable to see and avoid one another due to a number of factors, according to a nearly two-year investigation into the crash.

The National Transportation Safety Board has released its investigation into the Sept. 17, 2023 crash that brought a premature end of the final Reno Air Races event.

Chris Rushing and Nick Macy were killed when their T-6 Class planes collided during landing on the last day of the National Championship Air Races. It was the final year for the National Championship Air Races at the Reno-Stead Airport, which started in 1964.

Rushing, 65, was from Tululake, California; Macy, 67, was from Thousand Oaks, California.

Factors included irregular traffic pattern, sun position, lack of guidance fro

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