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ronschreck

Joined: 04 Aug 2006
Posts: 192
Location: Gold Hill Airpark, NC (NC25)

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 3:13 am Post subject: Triple Tree Fly-In

So, who's going to Triple Tree?

  

  Need something to do this weekend?  Triple  Tree Airdrome (SC00) is one of the most unique venues you will find.  Where  else will you find a 7000 foot long grass strip!  And its as smooth as a  putting green!

  

 The field is just 15 miles south of Spartanburg  Downtown airport. Check it out on AirNav:

 http://airnav.com/airport/SC00

  

 A schedule of events:

 http://www.tripletreeaerodrome.com/

  

 Arrival procedures:

 http://www.tripletreeaerodrome.com/faq/index.php?faq=20070815132808991

  

 Kathy and I are planning to arrive about 5 PM on  Friday and attend the BBQ dinner and see the blue grass band.  We will camp  overnight and spend most of Saturday at the fly-in.  TeamRV will be  doing several training/practice formation flights in preparation for our  upcoming airshow at Augusta (Oct 20-21).

  

 If you don't fly-in this might be a great  destination for a bike ride or car trip on Saturday or Sunday!  Hope to see  some of you there.

  

 Ron Schreck

 RV-8, "Miss Izzy"

 Gold Hill Airpark,  NC



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jclarkmail(at)gmail.com
Guest

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 3:18 am Post subject: Triple Tree Fly-In

I plan to head over today as well and be there for Saturday.



I think that Saturday is the LAST day.



It would be REALLY NICE to see a LOT of RV's there!



James

 On 9/28/07, Ron  Schreck <ronschreck(at)windstream.net (ronschreck(at)windstream.net)> wrote:[quote]        So, who's going to Triple Tree?

  

  Need something to do this weekend?  Triple  Tree Airdrome (SC00) is one of the most unique venues you will find.  Where  else will you find a 7000 foot long grass strip!  And its as smooth as a  putting green!

  

 The field is just 15 miles south of Spartanburg  Downtown airport. Check it out on AirNav:

 http://airnav.com/airport/SC00

  

 A schedule of events:

 http://www.tripletreeaerodrome.com/

  

 Arrival procedures:

 [url=http://www.tripletreeaerodrome.com/faq/index.php?faq 070815132808991]http://www.tripletreeaerodrome.com/faq/index.php?faq 070815132808991 [/url]

  

 Kathy and I are planning to arrive about 5 PM on  Friday and attend the BBQ dinner and see the blue grass band.  We will camp  overnight and spend most of Saturday at the fly-in.  TeamRV will be  doing several training/practice formation flights in preparation for our  upcoming airshow at Augusta (Oct 20-21).

  

 If you don't fly-in this might be a great  destination for a bike ride or car trip on Saturday or Sunday!  Hope to see  some of you there.

  

 Ron Schreck

 RV-8, "Miss Izzy"

 Gold Hill Airpark,  NC



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Steve Glasgow

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 674

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 3:28 am Post subject: Triple Tree Fly-In

Cappy and Randy are in for Friday, leaving Saturday.

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Cappy's Toy
RV-8 N123SG

bburril(at)carolina.rr.co
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Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 3:37 am Post subject: Triple Tree Fly-In

Ron,a couple of us are going there today to have  lunch.Be there for a couple of hours and then going back tomorrow.We are going  to leave bradford about 10:30 if you are insterested.  

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jclarkmail(at)gmail.com
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Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 3:41 am Post subject: Triple Tree Fly-In

See ya there!



James of "The Thedford Three"  

On 9/28/07, Steve Glasgow <willfly(at)carolina.rr.com  (willfly(at)carolina.rr.com)> wrote:[quote]       Cappy and Randy are in for Friday, leaving Saturday.

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Steve Glasgow

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 674

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 3:52 am Post subject: Triple Tree Fly-In

Watch out the coordinates on their web site are wrong.  Use AIRNAV  SC00.

  

 Cappy

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Steve Glasgow-Cappy
Cappy's Toy
RV-8 N123SG

sportav8r(at)gmail.com
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Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 6:00 am Post subject: Triple Tree Fly-In

Leave it to Cappy to catch an error in the coordinates   inside joke!



Wish we could be there, but Miriam has to work tomorrow and I'm hosting a skeet shoot on the farm for the guys at church as well.  Sounds like a ton of fun, and a runway to make me ashamed of this one. 



Not sure who they are, but I say, "Free the Thedford Three!" anyhow.  I'm certain they're innocent.



-Stormy



On 9/28/07, Steve Glasgow  <willfly(at)carolina.rr.com (willfly(at)carolina.rr.com)> wrote:[quote]        Watch out the coordinates on their web site are wrong.  Use AIRNAV  SC00.

  

 Cappy

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jclarkmail(at)gmail.com
Guest

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 6:34 am Post subject: Triple Tree Fly-In

Hint: Thedford, Nebraska.   



(They were finally freed!!!    )



James

(ask Cappy)



On 9/28/07, Bill Boyd < sportav8r(at)gmail.com (sportav8r(at)gmail.com)> wrote:[quote]Leave it to Cappy to catch an error in the coordinates   inside joke! 



Wish we could be there, but Miriam has to work tomorrow and I'm hosting a skeet shoot on the farm for the guys at church as well.  Sounds like a ton of fun, and a runway to make me ashamed of this one. 



Not sure who they are, but I say, "Free the Thedford Three!" anyhow.  I'm certain they're innocent.



-Stormy



 On 9/28/07, Steve Glasgow  <willfly(at)carolina.rr.com (willfly(at)carolina.rr.com)> wrote:

[quote]         Watch out the coordinates on their web site are wrong.  Use AIRNAV  SC00.

  

 Cappy

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sportav8r(at)gmail.com
Guest

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 6:49 am Post subject: Triple Tree Fly-In

Must be a current event I missed; if it ain't discussed here, odds are I don't know it's going on...  



Was this a weather-related tragedy on the way home from Yellowstone. perhaps?  One that could have been averted by following a certain intrepid RV-6A down south to the Canyon??  Just guessing. 



On 9/28/07, James Clark <jclarkmail(at)gmail.com (jclarkmail(at)gmail.com)> wrote:[quote] Hint: Thedford, Nebraska.   



(They were finally freed!!!    )



James

(ask Cappy)



On 9/28/07, Bill Boyd <  sportav8r(at)gmail.com (sportav8r(at)gmail.com)> wrote:[quote]Leave it to Cappy to catch an error in the coordinates   inside joke! 



Wish we could be there, but Miriam has to work tomorrow and I'm hosting a skeet shoot on the farm for the guys at church as well.  Sounds like a ton of fun, and a runway to make me ashamed of this one. 



Not sure who they are, but I say, "Free the Thedford Three!" anyhow.  I'm certain they're innocent.



-Stormy



 On 9/28/07, Steve Glasgow  <willfly(at)carolina.rr.com (willfly(at)carolina.rr.com)> wrote:

[quote]          Watch out the coordinates on their web site are wrong.  Use AIRNAV  SC00.

  

 Cappy

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ronschreck

Joined: 04 Aug 2006
Posts: 192
Location: Gold Hill Airpark, NC (NC25)

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 6:54 am Post subject: Triple Tree Fly-In

This is from Google: 

"Thomas County Airport is located one mile south of Thedford,  Nebraska, in Thomas County. Thedford has a population of 231. The 591-acre  airport opened in 1998. The primary runway, Runway 11/29, is an asphalt runway  measuring 3,600 feet in length and 50 feet in width. There are three aircraft  based there." 

I guess James has one of his airplanes  based there.  What else could it be! 

Smokey 

  

  

  

The airport, with three based aircraft, experiences 

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jclarkmail(at)gmail.com
Guest

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 8:07 am Post subject: Triple Tree Fly-In

Stormy and Smokey, you are BOTH "on the money!".  



Thedford, NE (population 250 we were told, with a county population of 500) is where Cappy, his lovely bride and I spent a wonderful few days getting to know the local population. 



It could have been averted if we had gone down the canyon yes Stormy, or if we had backtracked as we came out. But we were on an important mission and due to a technical difficulty with the local gas pumps, we got delayed until the weather caught us! The way I put it, we were either 5 minutes from being "in the clear" or 4 minutes from being headlines. So we turned around and spent some time with the nice, accommodating folks in Thedford ... especially Roy and his wonderful wife. 



The hangar was built for three planes it seemed and there were actually 4 in there (including a 140 kinda hanging by the tail). We were able with the kind assistance of Roy, to get AND ADDITIONAL 2(!) airplanes (RV8 and RV6) in there to avoid the forecasted hailstorm! So, yes Smokey, for a while 20% of the flying airplanes hangared at Thedford belonged to me.   



We had a nice time .. it just took us three days to get home.



The story is much longer and one day I might write it up.



James

On 9/28/07,  Ron  Schreck <ronschreck(at)windstream.net (ronschreck(at)windstream.net)> wrote:[quote]         

This is from Google: 

"Thomas County Airport is located one mile south of Thedford,  Nebraska, in Thomas County. Thedford has a population of 231. The 591-acre  airport opened in 1998. The primary runway, Runway 11/29, is an asphalt runway  measuring 3,600 feet in length and 50 feet in width. There are three aircraft  based there." 

I guess James has one of his airplanes  based there.  What else could it be! 

Smokey 

  

  

  

The airport, with three based aircraft, experiences 

 [quote]   ---

sportav8r(at)gmail.com
Guest

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 8:23 am Post subject: Triple Tree Fly-In

I for one would enjoy reading the account, James.  You're the man to write it up.  GO for it.



-Stormy, who had a similar adventure getting out of Clinton, OK on his own way home that week...



 On 9/28/07, James Clark <jclarkmail(at)gmail.com (jclarkmail(at)gmail.com)> wrote:[quote] Stormy and Smokey, you are BOTH "on the money!".  



Thedford, NE (population 250 we were told, with a county population of 500) is where Cappy, his lovely bride and I spent a wonderful few days getting to know the local population. 



It could have been averted if we had gone down the canyon yes Stormy, or if we had backtracked as we came out. But we were on an important mission and due to a technical difficulty with the local gas pumps, we got delayed until the weather caught us! The way I put it, we were either 5 minutes from being "in the clear" or 4 minutes from being headlines. So we turned around and spent some time with the nice, accommodating folks in Thedford ... especially Roy and his wonderful wife. 



The hangar was built for three planes it seemed and there were actually 4 in there (including a 140 kinda hanging by the tail). We were able with the kind assistance of Roy, to get AND ADDITIONAL 2(!) airplanes (RV8 and RV6) in there to avoid the forecasted hailstorm! So, yes Smokey, for a while 20% of the flying airplanes hangared at Thedford belonged to me.   



We had a nice time .. it just took us three days to get home.



The story is much longer and one day I might write it up.



James

 On 9/28/07,  Ron  Schreck <ronschreck(at)windstream.net (ronschreck(at)windstream.net)> wrote:

[quote]          

This is from Google: 

"Thomas County Airport is located one mile south of Thedford,  Nebraska, in Thomas County. Thedford has a population of 231. The 591-acre  airport opened in 1998. The primary runway, Runway 11/29, is an asphalt runway  measuring 3,600 feet in length and 50 feet in width. There are three aircraft  based there." 

I guess James has one of his airplanes  based there.  What else could it be! 

Smokey 

  

  

  

The airport, with three based aircraft, experiences 

 [quote]   ---

Larry Bowen

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 802
Location: NC, USA

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 4:26 pm Post subject: Triple Tree Fly-In

Ah, yes.  Lots of memories on that trip.  All good ones, despite the challenges.  



Can't make it to SC00.  Hope to see ya'll soon though.

-- 

Larry Bowen

 Larry(at)BowenAero.com (Larry(at)BowenAero.com)

http://BowenAero.com 



On 9/28/07, Bill Boyd <sportav8r(at)gmail.com (sportav8r(at)gmail.com)> wrote:[quote] I for one would enjoy reading the account, James.  You're the man to write it up.  GO for it.



-Stormy, who had a similar adventure getting out of Clinton, OK on his own way home that week...



  On 9/28/07, James Clark <jclarkmail(at)gmail.com (jclarkmail(at)gmail.com)> wrote:[quote]  Stormy and Smokey, you are BOTH "on the money!".  



Thedford, NE (population 250 we were told, with a county population of 500) is where Cappy, his lovely bride and I spent a wonderful few days getting to know the local population. 



It could have been averted if we had gone down the canyon yes Stormy, or if we had backtracked as we came out. But we were on an important mission and due to a technical difficulty with the local gas pumps, we got delayed until the weather caught us! The way I put it, we were either 5 minutes from being "in the clear" or 4 minutes from being headlines. So we turned around and spent some time with the nice, accommodating folks in Thedford ... especially Roy and his wonderful wife. 



The hangar was built for three planes it seemed and there were actually 4 in there (including a 140 kinda hanging by the tail). We were able with the kind assistance of Roy, to get AND ADDITIONAL 2(!) airplanes (RV8 and RV6) in there to avoid the forecasted hailstorm! So, yes Smokey, for a while 20% of the flying airplanes hangared at Thedford belonged to me.   



We had a nice time .. it just took us three days to get home.



The story is much longer and one day I might write it up.



James



  On 9/28/07,  Ron  Schreck <ronschreck(at)windstream.net (ronschreck(at)windstream.net)> wrote:



[quote]           

This is from Google: 

"Thomas County Airport is located one mile south of Thedford,  Nebraska, in Thomas County. Thedford has a population of 231. The 591-acre  airport opened in 1998. The primary runway, Runway 11/29, is an asphalt runway  measuring 3,600 feet in length and 50 feet in width. There are three aircraft  based there." 

I guess James has one of his airplanes  based there.  What else could it be! 

Smokey 

  

  

  

The airport, with three based aircraft, experiences 

 [quote]   ---

_________________
Larry Bowen
RV-8 SOLD,
RV-7QB in progress...

bill(at)repucci.com
Guest

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 4:40 pm Post subject: Triple Tree Fly-In

Unfortunately Nora and I will not be there.

  

 Something called "work" is getting in the way.   

  

 Have  fun!

  

 BTW,  there is a also a fly-in at Long Island  (That would be NC not NY) on  Saturday.

  

 Bill

  

 

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