St Petersburg Airfest 2009

There’s only one thing better than flying in to one of the most scenic waterfront airports in the country. That’s flying in for an Airshow… 

The air show at St. Petersburg Airfest is Oct. 23-24-25, 2009 at Albert Whitted Airport (SPG) in St. Petersburg, Florida.  This is class D airspace and lies beneath the Tampa Class B airspace. Tower frequency is 127.4, ground frequency is 121.8. SPG ASOS 118.87. Check with flight service for the latest notams

Pilots, note runway 7/25 will be closed from Noon on Thursday until 6:00 PM on Sunday. Runway 18/36 will close between noon and 4:00PM on Saturday and Sunday for the aerobatic performances.

Airfest Video

Plan to attend the St. Petersburg Airfest at Albert Whitted Airport (SPG) Oct. 23-24-25, 2009

St. Petersburg Airfest 2009 Schedule of Events
Friday 5PM Gates open. Static aircraft & exhibits available for viewing.
Wings & other food concessions open. Kid’s Zone open.

5:30PM Warbirds On Parade
6:00PM Rock ‘n Wings Concert (opening act.)
7:30PM Night aerobatic performance (Note: This is not the full air show seen on Saturday and Sunday)
8:30PM Rock ‘n Wings Concert (headline act) 10PM gates close.

Saturday 10AM Gate open. Static aircraft & exhibits available for viewing. Wings & other food concessions open. Kid’s Zone open.

12:30 Airshow opening ceremonies.
1:00PM Airshow. Full airshow lineup with top name performers.
4:00PM – 10PM Rock ‘n Wings Weekend Concert continues with National & regionally acclaimed acts.
5:30PM Warbirds on Parade
6:00PM Rock ‘n Wings Concert Continues
7:30PM Night aerobatic performance.
8:30PM Rock ‘n Wings Concert (headline act) 10PM Gates close

Sunday 10AM Gates open. Static aircraft & exhibits available for viewing. wings & other food concessions open. Kid’s Zone open.

12:30PM Airshow opening ceremonies.
1:00PM Airshow. Full airshow lineup with top name performers
5:00PM Gates close.

St. Petersburg Airfest Friday, Saturday & Sunday Oct. 23-24-25, 2009

Triple Tree Fly-In 2008

The Second Annual Fly-In at the Triple Tree Aerodrome (SC00) ran from October 8-12 2008. This is not your port-a-potty and picnic table kind of fly-in. 

No, siree. Triple Tree Aerodrome is owned by Pat and Marylou Hartness and the airfield is best known for hosting radio-controlled airplane events.  Pat bought the tower for $100 from a nearby military airfield and had it cut into quarters from top to bottom and reassembled on the Triple Tree airstrip. He won’t say how much that effort cost. This grass strip has a tower manned by volunteers from the Greenville, SC tower, like Sonny Massey.

Surrounding the grass strip lies 400 acres of lush camp ground, two small lakes, a wooden pavilion, two wooden restroom buildings, a large building on the crest of a hill overlooking the north lake that has a walk-in fireplace and kitchen, and an army of friendly volunteers.

Volunteer greeter Carol McKinney told about the radio-controlled airplane events held on the field that features one quarter-, one-third and even half-scale models. The power to weight ratio is off the scale for these models. Carol referred to the October fly-in as a full-scale model event.

Greenville Jet Center supplied a fuel trailer and a van for the event and Michelin supplied wheel chocks, tote bags and other supplies. The local chapter of the Civil Air Patrol sent a group of volunteers to help and a VHF Comm Radio for the control tower.

For information on next year’s events, see www.tripletreeaerodrome.com.

Watch this video clip from a recent RC fly-in.