Sunday, we went to the Fort Worth Stockyard at the morning.
It's a place where they gather cows from different areas of Texas by train. We heard that its like a place seen in the Western Movies. But I was disappointed, it was nothing like I imagined.
The first thing I noticed is that on the footpath there are several metal stars like this-
These stars contain the names of people who have made significant contribution in the Western Way of Life in Texas.
Then there is the Coliseum, where Rodeo takes place. The inside looks dark, may be because it was closed.
There was a separate platform with a skull of a Longhorn hung at the front. May be its the sitting place of the VIPs or the judges or something like that. It certainly looked cool-
Also the front of the coliseum looks great-
From the Coliseum, we went towards the rail station, where in the olden days, they loaded and unloaded the cattle. On the way there was a museum inside the office building. The museum was closed on Sundays, but there were two vintage cars inside the building. Took photos of one of them-
Next stop was the old train station. The rail line is not used any more. It was roofed and converted into a marketplace. There are all kinds of souvenirs there- foods, knifes, shirts, pants and many more things. Some of the shops on both left and right can be seen in the next photo.
There was little lighting inside and with the bright sun outside it looked like a dark tunnel with light at the end. Reminded me of the term "Light at the end of the tunnel". So I put the camera on the ground at took a long exposure. It turned out like this-
If you see closely, you can see a part the rail line on the left. Next there was a visitor center and a museum shop. But could not find any interesting thing there.
On our way out, we saw an old guy playing guitar. Requested permission to take a photo of him and here is the result-
So next we went for lunch at a subway nearby and after having a footlong tuna sandwich with flatbread, we headed for the alliance airport where the air show was going on.
And we were just in time. Just as we were entering the airport, a F-16 took off. And after some time a F-22 took off. The sound of them taking off was a blast. Here I got the chance to take pictures of the F-22 with its armament bays wide open. The internal central bay and smaller side bays can be seen here-
In the next flyby, its armament bays are closed-
Another one with good contrast and details-
Then the F-16 and the P51 Mustang came back together with the F-22 and flew together to show the audience the iconic fighter planes of different generations. From top to bottom- F-22 Raptor, P51 Mustang and F-16 Fighting Falcon-
After the fighters finished their show, we moved around and looked into some of the planes on the ground. First was the C-130 Hercules. It is around 53 years old and one of the longest serving aircraft in the whole world. This is the inside of this plane-
Next was Blue Angels performance. It was awesome.
The diamond formation-
Diamond formation from far-
Flying low-
There were a few inches gap between them-
Next was some formation I forgot the name of. In this one, two of them are inverted-
One of the solo pilots joined the diamond and made this formation-
The five of them made a loop-
In this move they flew away from each other at high speed, resulting in a flower like pattern of smokes-
Next, six of them together-
They made another flower like pattern-
The number 4 of the blue angel F/A-18 Hornet close up shot-
Next we took a group photo in front of a helicopter to remember this day-
And that concludes the air show. Next we went to watch movies and go home and the great weekend ended.
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