Neptune down in Reno

It was a nice looking plane.

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Lockheed-SP-2H-Neptune/1237519/L/

This report is suggesting that there was an engine fire or part of a wing separated before the plane hit the wires.

http://www.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080902/NEWS10/809020354/1321/NEWS

This report says the number one jet engine was on fire.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jvZ5U_-jfUpj8q_OhwNfAfZRu_xgD92UVG380

Aircraft was fighting a fire near Lake Tahoe. Reports are that it hit electric cables on take off from Reno after uploading.:(

Out of Stead airport, but nothing to do with the races, which are a week or two away.

Some reports suggest that part of a wing detached:(