CAF's Big Show in Dallas, Texas

Lynn Allen · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2016 10:12 pm

Any news or pictures from the Big Sho this weekend over at Redbird here in DFW area??

RyanShort1 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2016 11:18 pm

It was pretty fun today! Fantastic crowds, good flying, decent lineup.

RyanShort1 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2016 11:19 pm

I'm worried because it's looking like a card of mine from today may have gotten messed up.

Pat Carry · **Posted:** Sun Oct 30, 2016 8:04 am

Nice photos!!

Lynn Allen · **Posted:** Sun Oct 30, 2016 10:02 am

Thank you Ryan for those photos...

Lynn Allen · **Posted:** Sun Oct 30, 2016 9:23 pm

I was treated with the sights and sounds of Gunfighter giving rides the last 2 days, thank you. Kinda like Empire of the Sun, but I didn't climb up on the roof and run around...

K5DH · **Posted:** Mon Oct 31, 2016 7:47 am

One of my co-workers asked me this morning about "the piece that fell off one of the CAF planes this weekend in Dallas". Anyone know anything about this? Maybe a piece of cowling or a landing gear door? I didn't watch the TV news, but he said there was a mention of it on the news Sunday night.

Red Tail · **Joined:** Mon Jan 31, 2011 5:56 pm **Posts:** 138

One of the lefthand gear doors came off of Yellow Rose and hit the horizontal damaging it and the elevator. I've seen pictures...pretty ugly...pretty lucky.

John

StangStung · **Posted:** Mon Oct 31, 2016 4:23 pm

Red Tail wrote:

One of the lefthand gear doors came off of Yellow Rose and hit the horizontal damaging it and the elevator. I've seen pictures...pretty ugly...pretty lucky.

John

Unfortunate because one of the neighborhood malcontents posted it to FB as reason why we shouldn't have those "vintage" airplanes flying over densely populated areas.

In any case, I went on Sunday with Stang Jr. and the Mrs. and we had a wonderful time. Lots of stuff for kids of all ages. A great show. Hoping for it to grow in years to come.

Lynn Allen · **Posted:** Mon Oct 31, 2016 10:00 pm

Red Tail wrote:

One of the lefthand gear doors came off of Yellow Rose and hit the horizontal damaging it and the elevator. I've seen pictures...pretty ugly...pretty lucky.

John

Years ago, on the Rose, we had a rudder trim bolt depart one of the rudder trims and it was shake rattle and roll down on to a Navy reserve base in South Texas...

CAPFlyer · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2016 8:02 am

Funny thing, there's been more parts of "modern" aircraft land in the back of people's yards around Executive the last few years (including at least 1 tire), so if you're concerned about debris - don't live by an airport.

StangStung · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2016 9:10 am

CAPFlyer wrote:

Funny thing, there's been more parts of "modern" aircraft land in the back of people's yards around Executive the last few years (including at least 1 tire), so if you're concerned about debris - don't live by an airport.

Though I didn't have the information regarding "modern" aircraft at hand, that was essentially my response. It was basically a NIMBY argument. It's OK, the airshow passed without (major) incident and I'm sure some other complaint has taken center stage.

If not at Dallas Executive, where else you going to have an airshow and it still be a "Dallas" airshow? Someone mentioned Hensley, but I don't even know if they have an operational runway.

pmahaffey · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2016 12:48 pm

Here is a short video I shot out of A-26 Night Mission. It was a beautiful evening for flying.
https://youtu.be/QRp_o886qN4

CAPFlyer · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2016 7:52 pm

StangStung wrote:

If not at Dallas Executive, where else you going to have an airshow and it still be a "Dallas" airshow? Someone mentioned Hensley, but I don't even know if they have an operational runway.

Well, I'd say Lancaster after they extend the runway in the next couple years would be a good one, but I'm biased.

In all seriousness though, Hensley does still have a runway that is nominally maintained, but the problem is 17/35 runs right up to the edge of the airfield and Jefferson Street, which would be a definite issue for the airshow box. Even if you used the former 13/31 as the "airshow line", you'd be forcing the performers to overly the former Vought plant, again, not ideal. At least with Executive/Red Bird, you have full protection areas off the end of all runways and it's easy to keep the airshow box completely within the airport bounds by putting the airshow line on 17/35 with the only structures for almost a mile to the west being the National Guard armory and the Dallas Police Academy.

RyanShort1 · **Posted:** Thu Nov 03, 2016 3:46 pm

CAPFlyer wrote:

StangStung wrote:

If not at Dallas Executive, where else you going to have an airshow and it still be a "Dallas" airshow? Someone mentioned Hensley, but I don't even know if they have an operational runway.

Well, I'd say Lancaster after they extend the runway in the next couple years would be a good one, but I'm biased.

In all seriousness though, Hensley does still have a runway that is nominally maintained, but the problem is 17/35 runs right up to the edge of the airfield and Jefferson Street, which would be a definite issue for the airshow box. Even if you used the former 13/31 as the "airshow line", you'd be forcing the performers to overly the former Vought plant, again, not ideal. At least with Executive/Red Bird, you have full protection areas off the end of all runways and it's easy to keep the airshow box completely within the airport bounds by putting the airshow line on 17/35 with the only structures for almost a mile to the west being the National Guard armory and the Dallas Police Academy.

Lancaster would be far better from an afternoon photography standpoint...

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