AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2025 - 38

BRIEFING
MEMBER STOR IES /
Aviation 'I dos'
Flying together for a picture-perfect wedding
BY RYAN MCCORMACK
IN EARLY 2021, two aviation worlds collided. Alissa, in the early stages of her
private pilot training, and I, living my aviation dreams as a CFI, were brought
together by chance. I was working for Stratos Aviation at Greenville Downtown
Airport (GMU) in Greenville, South Carolina, while Alissa was earning her wings
at the same school. In March, Alissa's first flight instructor left the school for a
career in the airlines. The flight school scheduler told me, " you're a good match...
and you're single, Alissa's single...let's put you together and see what happens! "
We quickly found that we enjoyed flying together. After three months of high
spirits and camaraderie at the flight school, I finally worked up the courage to ask
her out on a dinner and ice cream date. After coordinating to meet up at Oshkosh that
summer, we returned to South Carolina, where we entered a formal relationship and
began our journey as an aviation couple.
In the summer of 2023, I concluded that I had to ask Alissa to be more than my
girlfriend. I decided to pop the question at Triple Tree Aerodrome (SC00), one of
the most beautiful aviation settings in the country. The immaculate green grass, the
runway nestled among the lakes, and the good cheer a fly-in brings seemed to be
the perfect place to ask my charming aviatrix to be my partner for life. That August,
Alissa and I flew into the Young Aviators Fly-In in Woodstock, the Sling 2 that Alissa's
father had entrusted to our care. It features art of Snoopy's feathered friend flying
a meandering path across the tail. I arranged for 11 family members to be there to
witness the proposal; they all hid in the gazebo on the south end of the field until I got
down on a knee and Alissa said " yes, " at which point they all jumped up and cheered.
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AOPA PILOT / March 2025
Ryan and Alissa McCormack were married in
aviation style at the iconic grass strip at Triple
Tree Aerodrome in Woodruff, South Carolina
(SC00). They flew off the field in a Sling TSi
named Snoopy.
RYAN AND ALYSSA PHOTOGRAPHY

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