Probably not but this is it....
F39... Grayson County... The black part alone is 9000X150FT!
Frisco is closed, unkept and only 6200 ft. Its also in a new area of town.... The homes around there would not stand for the possible noise even it it were an option.. Why do you think its closed to begin with... Also, the town of frisco has no need for our petty money... It one of the fastest growing towns in the US.... They would not even keep their 100 year old mascot name.... The Fighting Coons...... Gave it up for poiltically correctness... Shame on them.....We dont have a chance with a place like that.... You would also have a very hard time slowing down in less than 1000ft even if we used it... Its way too short.
Dallas NAS, the big and longest runway is 8000x100. It is long enough with a bit of brake smashing before the lake, but unless someone on this forum or in the corvette community has some serious pull, its just not going to happen from a my logical point of view... This is also a good emergency runway for DFW, DAL and Dallas Executive... I dont think they are going to give this option up without some major pull and there will be too many chiefs to go through to get it done. I am certain they will not see things the way we do or think our cause is even worthy.
The formentioned Sherman/Dennison Grayson county airport has all the right stuff. There is not much around it, it is not used a whole lot, there is an alternate runway that will keep tha airport open, its wider than any other above, its longer than any other above, and its not in the heart of DFW and has a bit of redneck appeal to it and is not more than an hour drive from most DFW residents. I also bet the county would not mind getting a little afternoon rent from it if presented right..... So its very possible that this airport could be a very good option....
This is the best I could come up with and I have thought about everything around DFW with every chart I have.... The second best choice would be Greenville... Shorter and more used than Grayson, but an alternative. There are no other 8000Ft+ runways around... This is it.
Anything shorter than 8000FT is going to present a big stopping problem for fast cars.... 5280 is a mile leaving you 2720ft to stop... It seems like a bit, but at 170-200MPH is not as long as you think. Remember Aircraft only hit the ground at about 100 or less at the beginning of these runways.... Although they are much heavier than our cars they do have up to 30,000 LBS of thrust and massive clutch pak brakes that compensate pretty darn close to a cars weight to brake ratio..... Some cars may be going close to 200 at the end end of this runway, not the beginning... ... Running on less than 8000FT runway for a full mile at near 200 and then stopping in our non race cars, is going to scare the crap out of you... I promise.....
http://www.co.grayson.tx.us/airport/AirMap.htm
I have sent an email to the manager of Grayson County F39 asking if this is something they would entertain.... We will see...
Email I sent is below.... I dont know what the organization is I mentioned in the letter, but its I guess we will come up with a name should it look like a possible deal.... Ideas?????? We should probably get the NASA people involved and JP at 21st Century also for his customers if the reply is positive.....
I'll post the reply here when the manager responds and this make this a more organized thing should it look cost effective, getting more people involved.
"Hi,
I have flown into F39 many times in my aircraft out of ADS. I love the 9000 ft runway and your airport! I am a member of an automotive organization and had a question/proposal for the managers/directors of the airport... What we are looking to do is
rent your 9000ft strip for an event where sports cars run a full mile, one car at a time against a clock and radar controlled environment. This goal is of course to see which car achieves the fastest speed. Many members are licenced SCCA racers
and will come from far away to attend this event. There are about 100 members of this organisation, all willing to pay a fee to be able to do this, raising money for the field rental, etc. If this looks like its possible, we can probably get even more people to commit. We would need to use your 9000 ft runway on a weekend for about a 6 hour event starting around 9AM or so. Your people could of course oversee the logistics of the event and plan it to fit your schedual. Our people would take care of the equipment and safety for the event and of course release you of all liability in case of an unseen occurance. If you have any food vendors, etc I am sure that this would be a good event for them, as there will be way more people than car entries. I know you have the crosswind 13/31 runway, and that could of course stay open and we would not interfear with traffic, although I
know it may limit some larger aircraft from possibly being able to land at F39 due to its length. If this is something you have the ablility to do at Grayson County Airport and could plan a day in the spring around early march or april, let me know what it would
take to make something like this happen."
Thanks,
Matt Garrett
Metroplex Corvette Service
888-769-9629
