Longtime aviation insiders could not recall an outage of such magnitude caused by a technology failure.

Balloon pilots had long been exempt from the requirement. 

The Carson Middle School Cross Country Team helped unpack, inflate and deflate and pack a custom running-shoe-shaped balloon.

The fatal crash happened on lap three of the Jet Gold Race on Sunday.

Dealing with the smoke can be dangerous for pilots at the Reno Air Races.

Sherman 'Sherm' Smoot was 74.

To date, Maverik has donated 276,878 pounds of surplus food, helping provide access to an additional 230,732 meals.

The field is set for this year’s STIHL National Championship Air Races with 152 planes and 156 pilots racing for glory Sept. 14-18 just north of downtown Reno.

NHTSA says it has 221 complaints about the problem, but no reports of crashes or injuries.