Tennessee Tree Toppers

02/22/2026

On Friday evening a gusty cross day finally mellowed out about an hour before sunset for a sweet afternoon glass-off ☀️

12/29/2025

We are so proud of everyone for completing the ramp redeck project on Saturday December 27 2025!☀️
After a yummy breakfast and some fellowship, you all sprang into action and started work. We were able to complete the project!! It's always amazing that when Tree Toppers get together we can accomplish anything!! The club wants to thank everyone for working so hard and everyone who contributed financially online. We couldn't have done this without you!!!
In addition to completing the ramp redeck project Andrew Copeland brought some poles and along with some other men they were able to remount our weather station. So now it is reading accurately!!
The TTT can't thank everyone enough who contributed to this very important project!! As one person we are nothing but together and we can accomplish anything. So now that you have a great new ramp, please come and enjoy it and we hope to see you flying from it!! We are so proud to be Tree Toppers and you should be too!! You are what makes this the greatest Free flight club on the planet!!! (Kathy L.)

12/29/2025

Saturday December 27th News Update:
Mission accomplished! It all started last spring with the first board and the first bolt. Thousands of bolts and hundreds of boards later, the Tennessee Tree Toppers hang gliding launch ramp is now ready for many more years of service!

Yesterday's gorgeous weather was absolutely perfect for the final work session. Birds were soaring while watching the humans below working hard to complete the ramp before sunset.

THANK YOU! to everyone who donated and to all of the volunteer workers. This massive project wouldn't have been a success without you. The long-distance travel award goes to Randy Schultz who drove all the way from Michigan to Tennessee to help out yesterday!

Wishing safe flying and a healthy New Year to all!
- Tennessee Tree Toppers

12/24/2025

Saturday December 20th News Update! We had another very successful work party with beautiful weather for working on the hang gliding launch ramp. This was our second winter work session and we are about 80% complete. Some of the team prepared breakfast and lunch to keep the energy rolling along. This coming Saturday (December 27th) we plan to have another work session. The weather forecast says mid-60s and we might be able to finish up this weekend if enough volunteers show up!

12/17/2025

Hello Everybody! We just had our first winter work party last Saturday and another one is scheduled for this Saturday. Lots of boards and bolts still need to be installed ... but we're getting closer to completion with each work session! If you are able to come out this Saturday (Dec. 20th) and feel like being part of the action, please join us. The weather looks reasonably warm (mid 50s) and sunny. If you have them, please bring battery-powered drills and impact drivers (7/16" sockets). If you don't have any tools, no worries, we always need help carrying boards to and from the ramp.

12/02/2025

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!
Lumber has been ordered for the completion of the Radial Ramp Redeck project. We are planning to start on Saturday, December 13 (weather permitting). Breakfast will be available (waffles, eggs, sausage and juice). Breakfast will be at around 8:00 AM CST. The TTT Board of Directors meeting will begin at 9:00 AM CST by teleconference with some Tree Toppers attending in the TTT Clubhouse. The work party to finish the Radial Ramp Redeck project will start after the meeting, which usually ends between 11:00 and 12:00.
Please RSVP ([email protected]) and let Kathy Lee (Radial Ramp Redeck Project Committee Co-Chair) know if you are interested in helping out with the ramp work and are also coming for breakfast (so that she can plan for food quantity).
Thank you everyone for your help!

12/02/2025

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!

Lumber has been ordered for the completion of the Radial Ramp Redeck project. We are planning to start on Saturday, December 13 (weather permitting). Breakfast will be available (waffles, eggs, sausage and juice). Breakfast will be at around 8:00 AM CST. The TTT Board of Directors meeting will begin at 9:00 AM CST by teleconference with some Tree Toppers attending in the TTT Clubhouse. The work party to finish the Radial Ramp Redeck project will start after the meeting, which usually ends between 11:00 and 12:00.

Please RSVP ([email protected]) and let Kathy Lee (Radial Ramp Redeck Project Committee Co-Chair) know if you are interested in helping out with the ramp work and are also coming for breakfast (so that she can plan for food quantity).
Thank you everyone for your help!

11/11/2025

News Flash! We are gearing up for Phase 2 of the Tennessee Tree Toppers ‘Henson Gap Radial Ramp Redeck’ project. A huge thank you to everyone who donated dollars and/or muscle labor to Phase 1. With your help, we replaced about 55% of the deteriorating boards during March, April and May. You can see the beautiful new boards in these photos. We paused the work during the summer months (heat, humidity and rattlesnakes!) but now that the weather is cooler we are getting ready to purchase more lumber, bolts, nuts and tools to complete this massive project. We will be announcing work party sessions soon for anyone who wants a good upper-body workout, but if you don’t live nearby, please consider making a donation via the TTT ‘GoFundMe’ link. With your support, we can complete the hang glider launch ramp rebuilding project during the next few months.

Greetings foot-launch soaring enthusiasts! Please help us co… TTT Tennessee Tree Toppers needs your support for Please help rebuild the historic TTT launch ramp!

11/11/2025

Tree Toppers,

You should have received an email invitation, sent from Election Buddy at 12:00 AM CST on November 11, to vote in the Tennessee Tree Toppers (TTT) 2026 Board of Directors (BOD) Election. If you did not receive this email, please check your spam folder. If you prefer to vote by paper ballot, those are included on pages 9 and 10 in the Fall 2025 issue of Branches, the TTT newsletter, which should be on its way to a mailbox near you if it hasn't already arrived. As usual, the newsletter contains other information, including "BOD Blurbs" on page 10, to assist in advising your voting.

PLEASE BE ADVISED: Steve Manston has withdrawn from this election with notice to the TTT BOD received after 6:00 PM on Monday, November 11, which was too late for ballot edits.

Whether you vote electronically via Election Buddy or with the paper ballot in the newsletter, the TTT needs the contribution of your voice in the management of your free-flight cooperative for truly democratic Tree Topper representation. Please vote!

Thanks,
Dan Shell, TTT Election Committee Chair

10/15/2025

Weekend airtime at TTT 😎