KAFW - Fort Worth Alliance Airport (Civil Aviation Board)

[thetford569]

One of Bell Helicopters newest - the Bell 429.  They were filming some sort of video using this helicopter as it made several high speed passes across the Bell ramp as well as 360 degree hovering rotations and different angles for the camera.  They then went for a 20 minute or so flight in the Bell Practice area and returned.

[cj-ld50]

One from last week.   AAL9670 Heavy departing 34R for the five minute flight over to DFW.

Blue Skies,
Curt

[thetford569]

nice one Curt! 

Brandon

[thetford569]

I couldn't pass up the opportunity to shoot some aircraft after the 7 inches of snowfall received at Alliance on Thursday.  We don't see snow much around here and we definately haven't had this much on the ground in a long time!

1.  Our usual spot by the ramp...I should have worn some boots.
2.  Golden Knights sitting on the ramp
3.  FedEx 3127 Heavy arrives from LAX

[thetford569]

Here is a Citation X from today arriving while I was out looking at the Collings Foundations B-17, B-25, and B-24 (photos in the AFW military aviation thread)

[cj-ld50]

It's race weekend at Texas Motor Speedway.  TMS is only about 3 miles from Alliance, and the races always bring in unusual visitors.
The FBO has over 40 planes on the ramp this morning...many belonging to NASCAR teams.

1. ExpressJet flight 1385 from Charlotte, NC on a short final to 16L.  ExpressJet planes have been going back and forth from Charlotte to AFW for a few days now.
2. Jack Roush's 727 arriving this morning.  This bird is still in the colors of the Miami Heat basketball team...its former owner/user.

Blue Skies,
Curt

[Bigmac3]

Image 1. I was at AFW on Saturday and shot the visiting military stuff. I had never shot from the north end before and was pleased with the access. Normally I don't shoot civil, but this Airbus was irresistable. This was with 85mm, what a shock.

Image 2. When I got home, I was looking at my shots from the T-line and saw these airplanes in one of the backgrounds. Have any of you shot these or know what they are? They apprear to be some sort of military, a Britten-Norman perhaps? I wasn't able to make it back out on Sunday to check them out.

Frank

[skippyscage]

Image 2. When I got home, I was looking at my shots from the T-line and saw these airplanes in one of the backgrounds. Have any of you shot these or know what they are? They apprear to be some sort of military, a Britten-Norman perhaps? I wasn't able to make it back out on Sunday to check them out.

Frank

BN-2A Islanders - not military but from an ex feeder airline in Costa Rica - hence the garish colours

[Bigmac3]

BN-2A Islanders - not military but from an ex feeder airline in Costa Rica - hence the garish colours

Thanks, I thought it a bit loud to be camo.

Frank

[Ztex]

They have been there quite a while...I took these photos of them when they were on the east side ramp last year.

[Bigmac3]

Thanks Zane, you saved me a trip.
Frank

[thetford569]

Haven't had a post in here in awhile.  Here are a few from 9-12-08...

1 - American Airlines prepares to unveil the pink ribbon paint scheme on a Boeing 777.  This is the 8th and final AMR aircraft to wear the pink ribbon marking American's partnership with Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure

2 - FedEx 727 waiting on the FedEx ramp for the nightime flight

3 - FedEx Fokker F-27 also awaits some cargo

[Ztex]

Departing Alliance yesterday.

[thetford569]

some "civil" action at Alliance over the last week...

1 - Care Flite 4 based at Denton Regional Hospital in Denton, TX made a stop at the FBO
2 - N453ST - Learjet 45 arrives at AFW

[thetford569]

Embraer is flight testing their new Phenom 100 business jet out of Alliance...