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| Subject: | Re: Triple Tree from NE? |
I hope you made it. I wish I could have helped.
Let me do a report:
Triple Tree was fantastic! Beyond the wonder of totality (and we got it
all as the cooling air killed the convection, thus killing the cumulus
for clear blue skies), the folks at TT did an absolutely outstanding
hosting job despite having no way to accurately guage the response.
I'm sure it was a zoo for those that worked and volunteered for the
event but they all deserve praise.
I was last there 10 years ago when I was the only fly-in for an RC
meet. The place as grown quite a bit since then so that they house a
fly-in or two in addition to the famous RC events. 7,000 feet of smooth
grass with parking and camping for many 100s of people and planes and
campers. We came in the night before, sans the arrival procedure I'm
sorry to say, but fit in with the traffic and the unofficial tower just
fine. We were directed to a nice shady (!!) parking spot surrounded by
by a couple of hundred other aircraft. Top notch bath and shower
facilities, several lakes, paths, roads, buses, carts and very friendly
hosts were all in place and operating. Everything was low key,
organized, flexible and accommodating. My SO had a broken foot and was
using a knee scooter so camping was challenging but fun nonetheless.
A cook your own steak dinner was setup, "Filet or Sirloin", outside the
main hangar along with the right beverages.
I noted throughout that there were few mosquitoes and was convinced,
without evidence, that the many acres had been sprayed. They had a
water truck wetting down the dusty spots periodically. Just wonderful!
The next day we just watched hundreds of arrivals that included a DC3,
my first sighting of a Pilatus Porter, and just about every other
production and experimental aircraft imaginable on the grass strip.
The eclipse included a long foreplay, a few moments of ecstasy and a
very quick departure my most aircraft and campers on the site. We lined
up at one of two departure points and didn't witness anything amiss
beyond a few runups while sitting in line. The control tower had a
great controller on the radio with lots of help on the ground. Running
a tower at a private, untowered airport is an art form that they
nailed. I'm sure the last to arrive were a bit miffed because they
seemed to be last to get out... but that's only fair, no?
ATC at Greer and CLT were a bit overwhelmed by the Monday afternoon GA
push but I'm sure they knew it was coming(?).
Bill "thinking this must be what early Oshkosh might have felt like" Watson
On 8/20/2017 7:38 PM, Jesse Saint wrote:
> I hope to be at Triple Tree tomorrow for the eclipse. Is anybody going
> from anywhere near Lancaster, PA or Virginia Beach that has an open
> seat for the ride home?
>
> Jesse Saint
> Saint Aviation, Inc.
> jesse@saintaviation.com <mailto:jesse@saintaviation.com>
> C: 352-427-0285
> F: 815-377-3694
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| Subject: | Re: Tempest Spark Plugs |
So we are referring to the Tempest UREM 38S fine wire (per the Service
Instruction No. 1042AC)?
I see they are $944/12 at ACS.
Bill " " Watson
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| Subject: | Re: Tempest Spark Plugs |
That sounds about right. But many of us only need 6. ;). I only use them on the
bottom and use auto plugs on the top.
I think if I had dual mags I'd use them on the bottom for sure but for the top
I don't know. The bottoms foul so much easier...that's where they would do the
most good.
Tim
> On Aug 22, 2017, at 12:08 PM, Bill Watson <Mauledriver@nc.rr.com> wrote:
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> So we are referring to the Tempest UREM 38S fine wire (per the Service Instruction
No. 1042AC)?
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> I see they are $944/12 at ACS.
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> Bill " " Watson
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