Triple Tree Aerodrome 2013

bsacks05 · #1 09-08-2013, 05:34 AM

Yesterday, my son and I flew into Triple Tree Aerodrome in SC for BBQ night. SC00 is only 150 miles away but this was the first time we had been there. For years I had planned to go but something always got in the way, usually it was weather. This year the wx was gorgeous and we just had to go.

All I can say is WOW this place is first rate all the way! By far the finest fly-in destination we have ever been to - and we have been to many over the years. Our visit was short but we will be back next year.

After flying into SC00 yesterday, I feel like I have accomplished the Triple Crown of fly-ins this year - SunNFun, Oshkosh, and Triple Tree!

panhandler1956 · #2 09-08-2013, 06:09 AM

What a true 'field of dreams!'

Thanks for sharing your pics. It's on my bucket list to get down there some day for O-h-i-o.

Brantel · #3 09-08-2013, 06:38 AM

Pat really had a vision when he purchased that place. He is the coolest, as Forrest Gump would say, gazillionaire I have ever met. He truly has a passion for aviation of all types and friends with like interest. I have never been to TTT for whatever reason something always comes up. I was a regular for many years back in the days when the Joe Nall RC flyin was over on his home strip. That place is amazing as well.

Some people with Pat's kind of money always walk around with their nose in the air, never come down to the common folks level, keep it all to themselves and would never lift a finger for nothing. Pat on the other hand is just the opposite. He gets in there and works, roams among the common folk and who knows how much he has spent over the years to bring all of what TTT and his older home estate has to fruition. Then he opens it all up for the folks he calls his friends to enjoy.

If you see him, don't be afraid to thank him!

bsacks05 · #4 09-08-2013, 07:28 AM

Pat was the first person we met when we arrived yesterday. He was at the desk when we bought our meal tickets. Mr. Hartness warmly welcomed us to his fantastic facility.

roadrunner20 · #5 09-08-2013, 08:02 AM

Maybe some didn't notice, but Pat was also driving one of the buses that transported people to dinner Friday.

Skykingbob · #6 09-08-2013, 08:09 AM

Had a great time at Triple Tree!!! Met some nice RV folks. It was a beehive of activity and the arrival process works.....unless you have pilots that don't pay attention....I ended up having to go around in the Comanche because of it.

Folks said there were over 400 airplanes by Friday evening....and they kept coming in by the droves on Saturday. Don't know what the final count will be but sure is a bunch! Beautifully groomed field and great atmosphere. We wore coats in VA when we left that morning and wore shorts as it was quite warm at Triple Tree! We knew it would be a madhouse for the BBQ so we decided to bug out in the mid afternoon. BTW.....don't plan on getting quick fuel service....I tried to get fuel "asap" to be ready to go.....they said it would be sometime Sunday morning when I would get it

So we headed back to Rutherford NC about 30 miles to the north and refueled there....good fuel prices and we were allowed to put graffiti on the wall to boot

Here are a few photos.

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michael2 · #7 09-08-2013, 10:11 AM

Bruce I can't believe how much your son has grown, fine looking young man. Sorry I missed you. We were camped at the southend of Runway near the two Champion RV-8s of Bill Straton and Jerry Cornwall. I had a great time visiting with some of my old flying buddies and will probably return next year. RVs pretty much were the dominate aircraft, wonder how many were there.
Gerry Chancey, VAF 172
Repeat Builder, Presently RV-4,N77GC

mannanj · #8 09-08-2013, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Skykingbob

.............we were allowed to put graffiti on the wall to boot

Speaking of grafitti-----Had known that you had your finger on the shutter of that I-Phone, I would have sucked my gut In!

Great seeing you guys again and I agree the whole experience was awsome!

Eddie P · #9 09-08-2013, 01:33 PM

I have GOT to make it out to Triple Tree some day. What an amazing place. As you guys said, "A Field of Dreams".

Skykingbob · #10 09-08-2013, 01:38 PM

Hey Mannan.....just be glad i didn't get a pic when we taxied by you in the Comanche and you had stripped down half naked!

Kathryn & I enjoyed seeing you again.