Fort Worth Alliance Air Show

REALLY COOL! great for the whole family! my son got over heated and we were escorted to red cross tent by some paramedics who were driving past. well organized. great selection of planes and you can tour some of them and take pictures up close!
suggestions:
bring WATER!!!
Bring snacks
bring chairs/​blankets/​umbrellas to use to sit and have shade!
food is not cheap if u buy it there.
have fun!

I’ve been to this air show 3 or 4 years now and it’s never a disappointment! we always spring for VIP parking and seating. If you buy early they give nice discounts. VIP seating gets you a seat where you can hear every word the announcer says and see all the action. You also have access to air conditioned clean proper bathrooms instead of waiting in line for a porta-​potty. Lots to do and see, lots of food and vendors. This year they will feature the Thunderbirds.

2012 was another great show at Alliance!!! I love the vibe, the planes, lots of families wandering around, and they keep you entertained with the show. At $ 20 a carload, it also is one of the better priced entertainment events.
A great place for a Dad and Daughter afternoon… and the chololate-​dipped cheesecake was off the HOOK!!! Great times! If you have never been, put it on your list for 2013!!!

A fun outdoor event for the whole family. This place gets PACKED so it’s a great idea to get here early to get parking up close, walk around and see what you want, watch some planes fly and then get out before the rush to leave. If you stay til the end you will be waiting in a line of cars to get out of this place for (quite possibly) HOURS!
The entire event is free (well sort of). The only charge is to park, which is $ 20 for a whole car load of people … So load up the car with as many kids as you can cram in there and get your money’s worth! Yeeee Haaaaw!!! (Yeah, I’ve got some white trash in my family… what’s it to ya!?!). All the parking is in a big open grassy field that is normally NOT used for parking. You have to drive your car up over a curb, which they have tried to make less of a jump by using sand bags to create a rudimentary «ramp» but it’s certainly still a bit of an awkward step up. We were in an SUV, but I was cringing thinking of some poor unsuspecting bloak trying to drive up over this in a sports car with low clearance. Kiss that front bumper and undercarriage goodbye! If you do make it to the top, prepare for a bumpy ride across uneven grass terrain that has been very graciously tore up by the big red neck jack up diesel truck with smoke stacks… you know… for effect. Or the people who have taken this «pile ‘em in mantra» even further and brought their freakin 40 ft RVs. I’d say I saw at least 10 BIG RVs. Really, you need to bring an RV to the airshow??! smh…
Make it past all this and you will be treated with what seems like hundreds of planes to walk around, climb inside, touch, and explore. On the air strip, you will be dazzled with the aerial acrobatics of stunt planes, jets, helicopters, parachutes and more. Perhaps the coolest part was the JET POWERED, SMOKING, FLAMING, DIESEL 18 WHEELER TYPE TRUCK!!! Holy crap that thing went insanely fast… it just made you wonder how (even in spite of it’s size) it did not get airborne and flip over. I’d love to take a ride in that thing!
Word to the wise. Bring a hat, sunglasses, and ear protections (for the loud noise). They sell all this type stuff there, for a high price ($ 2 for ear plugs). But, the ear plugs they sell are adult sized and the kind that go inside your ear, which the kids wanted nothing to do with. You are better off getting the kind that go over their ears… sure they are a bit more but they are comfy and the kids might actually wear them.
All in all, the kids (ages 1 and 2.5 years had a great time and enjoyed themselves)