Fort Worth Alliance Airshow Photos

Ztex · **Posted:** Mon Oct 24, 2011 9:30 am

Hung out at the local airshow on Friday and Saturday.
Typical AFW show... a bit slow, heavy on acro stuff, jet truck, bounce houses, awesome military acts and just a few warbirds.

Ross Perot Jr (it's "his" airport) beat up the field in his T-38/F-5?

Legacy flight...Wix'er Chuck Gardner flyng right seat in the AD-5

V-22 arrival

BAE Hawk sales demo bird

Cavanaugh TBM and FM-2 (Chuck flying the TBM)

Strike Eagle

Cavanuagh's Mustang

I was told this was the last AT-6 ever built...the newest T-6..so to say...
Any truth to that?

Ztex · **Posted:** Mon Oct 24, 2011 9:31 am

And a couple of ground videos...

Warbird's taxi out.
http://youtu.be/YslaC1yIGeE

Skyradier Start-up
http://youtu.be/rhrz6-7xJAY

Cvairwerks · **Posted:** Mon Oct 24, 2011 12:34 pm

Bummer that the Saturday night rains turned all the parking areas into mudpits. I'm glad the show people were way proactive and cancelled before people could have gotten stuck. Wish I could have taken the boys over there, but work interferred heavily.

mlenoch · **Posted:** Mon Oct 24, 2011 2:25 pm

I might be wrong, but......the German T-6 may belong to Congressman Sam Richardson, who bought it from the German Air Force; this was apparently Adolf Galland's personal bird.
Not sure..........
VL

BHawthorne · **Posted:** Mon Oct 24, 2011 3:10 pm

I took a few static display shots in the mornings before they opened the gates. I was stuck playing flight instructor on the B-52G sim all Saturday so I didn't get any in-flight photos though.

EDIT: Post updated with pics.

I might add a few panoramic images and a few videos later if I get motivated.

gunnyperdue · **Posted:** Mon Oct 24, 2011 4:47 pm

vlado wrote:

I might be wrong, but......the German T-6 may belong to Congressman Sam Richardson, who bought it from the German Air Force; this was apparently Adolf Galland's personal bird.
Not sure..........
VL

Vlado-

He parked next to me (SAAF AT-6C... and no photos... talk about dissed).... we chatted for quite awhile. Name of the pilot is Sam Graves, from Tarheel, Mo.... the airplane is an T-6J and the last one made (new build not reworked G).... said it was Gunther Rall's personal airplane.... Rall autographed the baggage door. Seemed like a good guy, surprised to learn he was a congressman.... did you know BA Anders is running as well? He needs your support!

gunny

Obergrafeter · **Posted:** Mon Oct 24, 2011 5:10 pm

Gave my AT-10 project to Sam. He is a great guy and friend of Private Aviation. Wished he was living in a White House. (He will probably kill me if he reads this)

Taylor Stevenson · **Posted:** Mon Oct 24, 2011 11:16 pm

Sams 6 also has one of the best paint jobs out there in terms of flawlessness... I don't know who did it, but it's gorgeous. If you ever get the chance, go up and look at the stenciling and insignias… awesome.

StangStung · **Posted:** Tue Oct 25, 2011 10:54 am

Thanks for posting the pics by the way! I was committed to a family event in Mineral Wells that weekend and had to keep white knuckles on the wheel not to turn off and head to Alliance...