Cavanaugh Air Museum in Addison, Texas will bring a P-51, an AD-5 "Skyraider", the TBM "Avenger" and an F4U7 to perform in the 2008 Fort Worth Alliance Air Show.  The planes will perform each day as well as be on display for a close up look.

One of the exhibitors in this year's air show was featured in a page one story in the Wall Street Journal. The article says visitors to the 19,500 square-foot exhibit experience riding in a Humvee or a Blackhawk helicopter while using fake firearms to hunt down enemies.

"Players file into an air-conditioned trailer, filled with computers and Xbox 360 consoles, where they wait to be briefed. Then Staff Sgt. John Harper explains the mission: Genocidal indigenous forces are attacking international aid workers. It's up to the players to protect them.

Who would you like to see take the celebrity flight with the USAF Thunderbirds prior to the air show?

Preferably the person should have Texas ties. Thunderbirds rules require that the person be under age 55, under 220 lbs. and under 6-5.

Miranda Lambert may be a good fit since she's from Lindale, Texas. The Jonas Brothers just moved to Westlake, Texas, which is part of the AllianceTexas development that also includes the airport where the show is held.

A Northwest Airlines 757 had to make an emergency landing at Dayton International Airport last Sunday during their annual air show. The plane was enroute from Tampa to Detroit when a computer for one of its engines failed. The crowd applauded as the plane landed safely.

At the Alliance Air Show, the landings and takeoffs of 2-3 FedEx planes on their regular Saturday routes are scheduled into the air show performance schedule and many in the crowd may believe they're part of the air show, but noone can recall an emergency landing as part of the show.  

John Klatt and the Guarding America, Defending Freedom Aerobatic Team are the newest addition to the lineup of performers at the 2008 Alliance Air Show. Klatt's aerobatic show is enhanced through a specialty smoke system that pumps out a gallon a minute in Klatt's Staudacher S-300D.  

The East Coast Super Hornet Demo team will perform at this year's air show. Although the Fort Worth Alliance Air Show is conducted over dry land, this group of six talented pilots has accumulated more than 1,900 carrier assisted landings during their naval careers.

The F-15 West Coast Demo Team (www.acc.af.mil/aerialevents/westcoastf-15demoteam.asp) has been added to the 2008 Fort Worth Alliance Air Show. The demonstration team's pilot, Captain Sam "Nuke" Joplin, went through pilot training then was an instructor at Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas.

Admission to the 2008 Fort Worth Alliance Air Show is FREE for all guests.

Parking is $20 per vehicle, any size. So, load up the kids, the youth group, friends and family, and come out to the Fort Worth Alliance Air Show.

The only North Texas performance by a major U.S. military jet team will be the USAF Thunderbirds with their appearance in the Fort Worth Alliance Air Show.