KC135TopBoom From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 11712 posts, RR: 52 Posted (2 years 8 months 3 weeks 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 13606 times:
It seems the lights have been atop this nude strip club for a few years, but last Sunday night the spot lights distracted a WN Pilot arriving from ABQ while lining up to land on 13R at DAL.
Boeing747_600 From United States of America, joined Oct 1999, 1259 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (2 years 8 months 3 weeks 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 13452 times:
The DAL authorities should get together with the "Bombshell" cabaret owner and convert the rotating spotlight into some sort of a Lead-In light which given its location (Walnut Hill/I-35), would be ideal for the 13s. Its about 2 miles along the extended centerline of the 31s.
In fact there are several other strip clubs in the area that could be used to form a complete Lead-In Light System for the 13s not unlike the Parkway Visual approach along the Canarsie Pier to JFK's 13L/R!
DAL7e7 From United States of America, joined Jun 2004, 357 posts, RR: 4 Reply 2, posted (2 years 8 months 3 weeks 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 13281 times:
Yeah! They could be dancing women pointing in the direction of the thresholds!
DAL7e7
DAL7e7 is wondering... Do pilots take crash courses?
Boeing747_600 From United States of America, joined Oct 1999, 1259 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (2 years 8 months 3 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 13172 times:
Quoting DAL7e7 (Reply 2): Yeah! They could be dancing women pointing in the direction of the thresholds!
Splendid! When it comes to guidance on final approach, there's nothing better than a bunch of coke-snorting bimbos with IQs almost equal to their (fake) bust sizes
aa61hvy From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 13975 posts, RR: 59 Reply 4, posted (2 years 8 months 3 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 13171 times:
Good ol Harry Hines and Lemon.... Quality "gentlemen" clubs there
LAXdude1023 From Lebanon, joined Sep 2006, 6780 posts, RR: 25 Reply 5, posted (2 years 8 months 3 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 12971 times:
Mockingbird has a lot of strip clubs. The area around Love Field is kinda smutsville. Nothing wrong with that. Been to many a bachelor party there! You can see the planes land and watch naked ladies at the same time!!!
DFW Fan Boy: Im crude, irreverent, and blunt, but Im not clueless. I offer no apologies.
iad51fl From United States of America, joined Dec 2006, 343 posts, RR: 3 Reply 6, posted (2 years 8 months 3 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 12919 times:
Last time I looked, there were more strip clubs per square mile in Dallas than anywhere else. I am sure they would be willing to help the FAA with lighting.
LAXdude1023 From Lebanon, joined Sep 2006, 6780 posts, RR: 25 Reply 7, posted (2 years 8 months 3 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 12891 times:
Quoting iad51fl (Reply 6): Last time I looked, there were more strip clubs per square mile in Dallas than anywhere else. I am sure they would be willing to help the FAA with lighting.
UTAH744 From United States of America, joined Jul 2009, 170 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (2 years 8 months 3 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 12774 times:
The lights from The Landing Strip strip club in KDTW used to distract me. Not on landing, but on my drive home.
KC135TopBoom From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 11712 posts, RR: 52 Reply 9, posted (2 years 8 months 3 weeks 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 12623 times:
Do you think WN pilots now get into the Dallas nudey/titie bars cover free now?
AA777223 From United States of America, joined Feb 2006, 1113 posts, RR: 7 Reply 10, posted (2 years 8 months 3 weeks 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 12623 times:
There are areas not far from there that are pretty nice. You start going east and you'll run into uptown and highland park - very high end. Going east towards Stemmons though... ghetto and trashy.
DashTrash From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 1314 posts, RR: 4 Reply 11, posted (2 years 8 months 3 weeks 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 12394 times:
Quoting UTAH744 (Reply 8): The lights from The Landing Strip strip club in KDTW used to distract me. Not on landing, but on my drive home.
The Landing Strip distracted me flying in and out of YIP. The thought of heading there after a hard day of flying.....
contrails15 From United States of America, joined Oct 2008, 1181 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (2 years 8 months 3 weeks 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 12282 times:
Quoting iad51fl (Reply 6): Last time I looked, there were more strip clubs per square mile in Dallas than anywhere else. I am sure they would be willing to help the FAA with lighting.
I believe its Tampa not that I would know. lol Fews years its been up and now there is a problem. Must be a new guy.
Western727 From United States of America, joined Jan 2007, 579 posts, RR: 4 Reply 13, posted (2 years 8 months 3 weeks 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 12206 times:
Quoting UTAH744 (Reply 8): Not on landing, but on my drive home.
GlobalCabotage From United States of America, joined Nov 2009, 601 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (2 years 8 months 3 weeks 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 12175 times:
Good things Dallas moved the clubs a few miles away! I could not imagine if the old Baby Dolls had a spotlight on NW Highway right in front of the runway!
IrishAyes From United States of America, joined Jan 2008, 1731 posts, RR: 5 Reply 15, posted (2 years 8 months 3 weeks 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 12050 times:
Quoting GlobalCabotage (Reply 14): Good things Dallas moved the clubs a few miles away! I could not imagine if the old Baby Dolls had a spotlight on NW Highway right in front of the runway!
Ha, no kiddin! I remember the giant billboard Baby Dolls used to have as you entered the tollroad off I-35 heading north when I was a kid. It's since been replaced by a giant Coors Lite ad...I think. Needless to say, you know where I went on my 18th birthday years ago.
Quoting AA777223 (Reply 10): There are areas not far from there that are pretty nice. You start going east and you'll run into uptown and highland park - very high end. Going east towards Stemmons though... ghetto and trashy.
I think Inwood road kinda bisects Mockingbird into its two respective spheres...go East, you're in HP and the nicer areas, go west...well, see for yourself. Either way, Mockingbird sucks. Way too much stop-and-go traffic in HP and awful roads/paving near the Love Field area. But yeah, West Dallas and the area around DAL are is pretty bad.
Quoting LAXdude1023 (Reply 5): Mockingbird has a lot of strip clubs. The area around Love Field is kinda smutsville. Nothing wrong with that. Been to many a bachelor party there! You can see the planes land and watch naked ladies at the same time!!!
GlobalCabotage From United States of America, joined Nov 2009, 601 posts, RR: 0 Reply 16, posted (2 years 8 months 3 weeks 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 12024 times:
As the crow flys, the "new" Baby Doll's is probably less than a mile, and as before, directly under the flight path (just at 35E and NW Highway instead of NW Highway and Backman pond (a lake, you have to be kidding me, a urinal has more water than that "lake")!
IrishAyes From United States of America, joined Jan 2008, 1731 posts, RR: 5 Reply 17, posted (2 years 8 months 3 weeks 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 11703 times:
Quoting GlobalCabotage (Reply 16): As the crow flys, the "new" Baby Doll's is probably less than a mile, and as before, directly under the flight path (just at 35E and NW Highway instead of NW Highway and Backman pond (a lake, you have to be kidding me, a urinal has more water than that "lake")!
Hey now, Bachman Lake was my second home for all four years of high school...I was a competitive rower and a member of the Dallas Rowing Club. Spent many occasions gliding on the water at 5:30 AM to watch the sun rise, and then again at 8:30 PM as the sun set. It was actually quite exhilarating because I love water and water sports, so I grew to love it. The dredging project, once completed in 2003, actually cleaned the lake up quite a bit and removed a lot of the odors. As a kid, my Dad and I would bike around the trail and I loved it when a Southwest jet would come roaring over our heads on approach. When I started to row, the aircraft movement became always second nature to me. It was always great to be sprinting on the final stretch down Shorecrest Drive in 90 degree plus Texas weather when the DHL 767 would blast over my head promptly at 4PM...although nothing beats all the times when WN still had their noisy 737-200s which were AWFUL.
And yes, I have also swam in the lake...when I was a novice, and upgraded to a level-five racing shell, I lost my balance a few times, capsized, and went into the drink. Thankfully, the DRC boathouse had showers. Could have been worse...could have been the Schuylkill in Philly (i.e. cadavers galore). Bachman also presently contains my lanyard with my 4Runner and house keys which once slipped in as well...Dad wasn't too happy about that. So, you can say that a piece of me has been left behind.
When I interned at WN for two summers in RM, I enjoyed a different relationship with Bachman...seeing it from the air flying in and out of DAL, using those non-rev privileges. Ha.
I miss Texas water...so nice and warm. I went swimming in Lake Michigan the other day and it's kinda nasty....don't be fooled by how blue it looks. And it's really, really cold...even when the temps are in the high 90's in Chicago.
wjcandee From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 4557 posts, RR: 17 Reply 18, posted (2 years 8 months 3 weeks 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 10626 times:
Quoting IrishAyes (Reply 17): It was always great to be sprinting on the final stretch down Shorecrest Drive in 90 degree plus Texas weather when the DHL 767 would blast over my head promptly at 4PM
During my time in Texas, I also rowed at Bachman Lake with my firm's crew. The area of NW Hwy nearby used to be heavy with strip clubs and other seediness, but seemed to have cleaned up on my recent trip back. Some even seem to have been levelled. But like crabgrass, I assume that they will sprout again.
TUSdawg23 From United States of America, joined May 2010, 91 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (2 years 8 months 3 weeks 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 10461 times:
TUS has a strip club located right next to the airport actually. They try to hide it as best they can, but a few blocks before you enter the main entrance for the terminal while driving on Tucson Blvd , look to your right and you'll see a little sign of an animated pole dancer which signals that if you make a right where the sign is, you're headed towards the wonders of Club Turbulence.
So that's where the airport got all its money for those terminal renovations... You stay classy Tucson.
WNwatcher From United States of America, joined Mar 2010, 272 posts, RR: 0 Reply 23, posted (2 years 8 months 3 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 7152 times:
Those women have to pay for flight school somehow.......
tonyban From United States of America, joined Jun 2006, 311 posts, RR: 0 Reply 24, posted (2 years 8 months 3 weeks 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 6441 times:
......now I know why they want your spare change as you exit the aircraft !!
25 WNwatcher: Ladies and Gentlemen, Your flight attendants are of the "limber" sort today. Surprised FR hasn't decided to capitalize on this opportunity......
26 KC135TopBoom: To bad your second home is a mud puddle. Oh my....... Proabibly not good enough to get the crud off....... Maybe WN should install polls on their B-7
27 ArcrftLvr: I've always heard Portland has more per capita....
28 planespotting: Boy howdy. Anyone who's ever frequented the area who sees the words "strip club" and "DAL" knows exactly what's being discussed. Ahh Dallas.
29 mrskyguy: I must be the biggest prude, but despite being aware of the "seedy" nature of Love Field's area (nowadays), I've never explored it enough to realize
30 SA7700: This thread will be locked as it has veered into an off-topic discussion about the strip clubs around DAL instead of addressing civil aviation in gene
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