Cowtown Warbird Roundup, May 30 - 31

[K5DH]

I'll be there both days, all day. Anyone else?

Cheers!

[LadyO2Pilot]

Yes Dean.....will arrive mid afternoon Friday and there til Sunday.....see ya then

[K5DH]

Yes Dean.....will arrive mid afternoon Friday and there til Sunday.....see ya then

Hi Karen! Lookin' forward to it!

D.

[RickH]

We'll be there . The Huey will be available for experience flights.

[Ztex]

I'll be around Friday noonish...and most likely will be there for Saturday morning.

Looking forward to meeting you guys!

Z

[Warbirdnerd]

I'll be there all day Saturday.
Looking forward to meeting up with y'all.

[RickH]

Just recd this press release from Jim Hodgson

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Media Day for Cowtown Warbird Roundup Announced.

FORT WORTH, TX - May 21, 2008. The Fort Worth Veteran's Memorial Air Park
has set May 30th as a Media Day for this year's 5th annual Cowtown Warbird
Roundup (CWR). This year's theme is "A Salute to Our Veterans Past, Present
and Future."

Over fifty warbirds will converge on Fort Worth's Meacham Field on Friday
May 30th and Saturday May 31st. Most of the current, active duty warbirds,
will arrive Friday afternoon over a period of four hours from 1 PM to 5 PM.
The Veteran's Memorial Air Park (VMAP), the host for the event, will set up
a special area on the airfield for members of the media to view the arrivals
close up.

Military aircraft will be arriving at Meacham Field from across the United
States to take part in the two day CWR. To participate, media members are
asked to check in for a ramp pass beginning at 11 AM on Friday morning the
30th at 505 NW 38th Street, Fort Worth. Although the majority of the
arrivals will begin at 1 PM, two C-130 Hercules, based at JRB Carswell, will
arrive at approximately 11:30 AM.

The CWR is intended as a community based, family oriented event to salute
veterans and give local residents an opportunity to learn about military
aviation, inspect warbirds close up and meet the flight crews. In addition
to the arriving aircraft, the hangar of the Vintage Flying Museum, the CWR
venue, will be filled with local non profit organizations, commercial
vendors and exhibitors.

New this year, will be airplane rides. Visitors will be able to buy a ride
in a variety of warbirds, including a B-25 Mitchell bomber, a C-47
transport, a Vietnam era Huey helicopter and others. All rides will be
conducted from the Meacham Field terminal building both Friday and Saturday.


In addition, in partnership with the Fort Worth Department of Aviation, a 2
mile fun run on Meacham Field Taxiways and Runway will be conducted on
Saturday morning at 11 AM. This rare opportunity for runners, joggers and
walkers will take place as part of the opening activities following a
Thunder Run by local members of the Patriot Guard Riders
<http://www.patriotguard.org/> , and a skydive entry by 019Foundations
<http://www.americashuey.com/> /America's Huey spokesman Dana Bowman
<http://www.danabowman.com/> at 10:15 AM. More details can be found at
www.cwr08.com.

After the run, other activities will take place. The public will be treated
to a variety of "briefings" on subjects such as History of Aviation in Fort
Worth, the 019Foundations <http://www.americashuey.com/> and it's Snowball
Express and Wounded Warriors iBot program, a documentary movie premiere of
"One Tough Ride, the OV-10 Bronco Story." <http://www.ov10film.com/> by
Jami Clayman and other subjects. There will also by activities for
children in the Kids Korner with a bounce house, face painter, balloon
artist, train and climbing wall. Warbird and airplane rides will be
available too.

Cowtown Warbird Roundup is open to the public and admission is free. A
$10.00 parking charge is required for close in parking on the airport off
West Long Street. Motorcycles can park for $5.00.

The Fort Worth Veteran's Memorial Air Park operates the OV-10 Bronco
Readyroom and the Forward Air Controller's Museum. Proceeds from this event
will help these groups fund various educational programs including aircraft
restorations. The program goals are to inspire our community's young people
to careers in aviation or the military.

Scheduled aircraft arrivals for Friday include:
A-10 Warthog
AH-1 Cobra
AH-64 Apache
C-130 Hercules
E-2 Hawkeye
F/A-18 Hornet
F/A-18F Super Hornet
F-15 Eagle
F-15E Strike eagle
F-16 Viper
HH-60 Pave Hawk
T-1 Jayhawk
T-2 Buckeye
T-34 Mentor
T-37 Tweet
T-38 Talon
T-39 Saberliner
T-45 Goshhawk
T-6 Texan II
TC-12 Huron
TH-57 Sea Ranger
UH-1 Huey

Sponsors of this year's CWR include: American Airlines - Official Airline of
the Cowtown Warbird Roundup, Bell Helicopter Textron, GEICO, Rosa's Café,
AeroVents.com, City of Fort Worth Aviation Department, TPG Capital, Phazar
Flight Support, EZ Go Golf Carts, Fort Worth Convention & Visitors Bureau,
Sandpiper Aviation, TNT Sports Page, KRLD 1080 New Radio, US Foods, Panda
Embroidery, XTO Energy, Inc., Metro Golf Cars, Mortiz Chevrolet, Thornhill
Nissan, Moritz Chrysler Jeep, Bruce Lowrie Chevrolet, Miller Brewing
Company, Next Generation Services, Metro Golf Cars, Flatbed Trailers and Mac
Churchill Acura.


The Fort Worth Veteran's Memorial Air Park, OV-10 Bronco Association and the
Forward Air Controller's Museum are all non-profit 501(c)3 organizations
dedicated to the preservation of historic combat aircraft and other aspects
of military aviation. In addition, these groups strive to inspire youth to
careers in aviation and provide various educational opportunities to the
general public. Donations may be made directly to any of these
organizations at 505 NW 38th Street, Hangar 33 South, Fort Worth, TX 76106.

www.cwr08.com
www.facmuseum.org
www.ov-10bronco.net

[Ztex]

I know there are going to be a few Wixer's around this weekend...Any one thought about at designated meet-up place and time? It would be great to meet you guys (and gals)

Z

[RickH]

We're going to have a table where we will be signing up Huey riders.

I'd say meet up at the Huey but it will be over on the hot ramp.

[skymstr02]

I'd say meet up at the Huey but it will be over on the hot ramp.

How about the WIX'rs buy a ride ticket on the UH-1?

[Ztex]

I'd say meet up at the Huey but it will be over on the hot ramp.

How about the WIX'rs buy a ride ticket on the UH-1?

I'm currently in search of the proper funding source (the "management" isn't convinced of the "need" ) for just such an opportunity.

[RickH]

Zane, your participation will directly benefit , not one, but two, museums at the same time ! Now if that isn't a bang for your buck, I don't know what is !

[LadyO2Pilot]

The very black a/c which some uninformed people think is a helo will be on the hot ramp (getting hotter) giving rides also........stop by and say hi or "come fly with me."

[Ztex]

If anyone wants to meetup I'll hang around the front of the hanger @ 9:30-10:00 ish ...I'm kinda hard to miss...@ 6' 275ish with an over grown goatee...I'll probably be wearing a tan Bell Helicopter cap.

I think I know what some of you folks look like...Hope to see ya'll there...

And Rick and or 02lady...if all goes well you might have to save me a seat....

[JBrawner]

i was there yesterday after my class let out... watch out by the west side of the big tent next to the reefer trailer, by the gray ov-10 and the wing of the a-4.... alll had a huge amount of pesky bees that we were trying to get rid of. i felt like i was in some "b" movie being surrounded by so many. just in case you think im joking about numbers chech out between the gray ov-10 and the f-4 you might still see come black spots on the ground... those are a few bees lying there. i have home work for my inspection/review class for a&p school i need to get a jump start on so i wont be there ... for which im sad about. the huey looks very nice guys i go tto see it yesterday and i always love seeing the lil black O2. oh yea the prowler has some new paint on her, looks a lil different but cool.... trying to get her back to her unit colors.