Hopefully, if Jimmy is there again this year he can wow us in maybe a slightly different way. Too bad no one had a cam corder running at the time. Luckily for Grady, a couple of our guys were able to catch the wings of the big bird before it could run Grady down. It sort of looked like one of those scenes where you have a big goose chasing someone. He was unable to keep it on the runway and it ran off into the infield chasing one of our club members Grady Alberts. He came in on approach to land and found out he had no throttle control over the port side 2 engines. One of our visiting pilots from Clovis New Mexico, Jimmy Cowman, was flying his big B-17G. I don't know if we'll see something like this again this year but I remember the 1st year we did this something that happened that turned out to be great entertainment for all. There's a lot that goes into hosting one of these events but we always seem to rise to meet the challenge and our club members, visiting pilots and spectators always seem to have a great time. We're extremely proud of all our club members who pitch in throughout the year but especially at Warbirds. Hey everybody! It's hard to believe we're heading into our 5th year for hosting Warbirds Over West Texas! We've grown a little more each year and our facilities have improved with us. Please contact any of theSenior Event Staff listedon the website for any questions or assistance. A complete listing of hotels is available on thewebsite for you to plan your visit. Please visit forall the detailsabout attending this great event. Excellent catering will also be available on-site! We will feature a noon-time aircraft line up on Saturday for a short break in the actionand 'People's Choice' voting. West Texas Warbirds has a $25.00 landing fee for all three days and includes a Saturday lunch ticket for each registered pilot. ![]() ![]() This year we are offering fivecustom made trophies for 'Best WWI', 'Best WWII', 'Best Modern', 'People's Choice' (voted by the spectators), and 'Most Scale Flight'. This isn't just another event out in the sticks! The fieldhasabsolutely no obstructions and plenty of big, beautiful, West Texas sky fora great time. Perfect for jets, multi-engined and giant scalewarbirds! New this year is an over 110' shaded pit area for early Friday arrivals. The club field is just a short drive north of Lubbock, Texas at the Abernathy Municipal Airport just east of Abernathy.Our field is excellent and is ready for your big, bad, warbirds with a spacious 1300+' x 75' paved runway, wide taxiways and six concrete pilots stations. The 5th Annual West Texas Warbirds is scheduled for the weekend of September 14th-16th, 2012 in Abernathy, Texas.Make plans to attend this great Class 'C' AMAsanctioned event featuring three full days of open flying,sponsored by Wings Miniature Aircraft Society of Lubbock.
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