There was no immediate word on how many other people may have died in the crash at the Reno Air Races, although a spokesman for the event called it a "mass casualty situation" <br /><br />The plane, a P-51 Mustang dubbed the "Galloping Ghost" that was being piloted by Jimmy Leeward, crashed into a box seat area in front of the main grandstand at about 4:20 p.m.<br /><br />Video apparently taken from the stands and posted on YouTube showed a plane plunging nose-down into the tarmac as spectators were heard gasping: "Oh, my God."<br /><br />In a June video posted at the website for the air race, Leeward said the Galloping Ghost raced from 1946 to 1950 in the Cleveland Air Races and afterward in other events.<br /><br />He said his crew cut 10 feet off the plane's length and made other modifications to improve its aerodynamic abilities and reach speeds of 500 mph.<br /><br />"I know it will do the speed, the systems aren't proven yet. We think they're going to be OK," Leeward said in the video dating from June.
