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You have asked us to notify you when a seminar is scheduled that meets your criteria. The following seminar may be of interest to you: "AOPA Rusty Pilots hosted by Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport" Topic: A Rusty Pilots Seminar On Saturday, December 1, 2018 at 09:00 Eastern Standard Time Location: Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport  500 Ammons Road Spartanburg, SC 29306 Select Number: EA2787477 Description: Once a pilot, always a pilot...But, if you're feeling a little Rusty...

Eric Demaray - Life Celebration SS / Move

Finally got the video finished for Eric Demaray's Celebration that was held here at Whiteplains Plantation on September 22, 2018.

Special thanks to the Mike and Cecelia Ballee for hosting and Susan Ramsay for planning this event plus all the people at Whiteplains that helped make this all possible. From the setup, food and the flight teams.

Your memories live on Eric.

Video and still by Phil Rainwater and Don Cook, and from Eric's family.

Eric Demaray - Celebration of his life Slide Show 9-22-2018

Slide show from Eric Demarays Celebration of his life that was shown during his gathering at Whiteplains Plantation on 9/22/2018.



Thanks to all the people of Whiteplains and his family that made this all possible.

I'll post the full SS and Movie in a little while.



Posted 10/7/2018  Don Cook

Plane Share for Sale

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Eric Demaray's Celebration of life

Picture from today's missing man formation for Eric Demaray celebration of life. It was an honor for me to be in it with such a wonderful group.

Have a video and other picture soon.

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More Info - Eric Demaray Gathering

Susan Ramsey

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Today, 1:23 PM

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Last night, in the midst of the tumult of the storm…those who loved Eric Demaray gathered around him in a hospital room…holding his hand…as he made the transition out of the Seen Realm into the Unseen.

And now even as we let him go, tears flowing out of our hearts…we recognize a deep need to be together, to celebrate Eric, to remember him and his life story.  And we know that the family will need to be gathered in and strengthened and cared for.   

To this end, we will be gathering this Saturday at the Ballee’s hangar at 5:00p.  Please, please, let either Cece or I know by Wednesday noon if you will be coming so that Linda has a head-count for the food, as she desires to cater the meal.  You are invited to bring a desert.  Tea, lemonade and water will be provided.  If any of you can help us set up the hangar at 1:00p and clean up afterwards, we would be most grateful. 

A basket will be set out to collect notes of stories or memories of Eric, along with words of encouragement. There will also be a flying tribute to Eric after dinner.  

Blessings to each of you as we continue to come alongside Linda and the family.

Cece and Susan

Posted 9-17-2018

Eric Demaray - Info from Linda

‎Linda Rabiansky Demaray‎ to Whiteplains Plantation (SC99)

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Eric Demaray passed away last night at the age of 46 from Cancer. We are planning a party in his honor here at Whiteplains plantation. Eric did not want a funeral but a party after he died. Susan Ramsey asked to plan the party. We would love to invite you all this Saturday to celebrate Eric and his life. We are having it this Saturday while his family is here. We will be sending out more information later in the week.

Posted 9-17-2018

Brain Waves Control Drones, With DARPA Tech

 Science fiction??? Read and find out. 

MARY GRADY              A person with a microchip implant can now pilot a swarm of drones by sending signals directly from their brain, an ability that also should work for full-scale aircraft, according to researchers at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The technology was discussed at a recent symposium held by DARPA, in Maryland. “The signals from those aircraft can be delivered directly back to the brain so that the brain of that user [or pilot] can also perceive the environment,” said Justin Sanchez, director of DARPA’s biological technology office. DARPA officials at the symposium also said they have advanced the technology so a user now can steer multiple jets at once, according to a report from DefenseOne.com. Working with a paralyzed volunteer, the researchers were able to not only send but also receive signals from the aircraft. “It’s taken a number of years to try and figure this out,” Sanchez said. The work builds on research from 2015, when a paralyzed woman was able to steer a virtual F-35 Joint Strike Fighter by sending signals from her brain using only a small, surgically-implanted microchip.

Wenesday Whitesplains Pilots Lunch - Arby's

New Arby's by Lowe's Foods was the location of this weeks Whiteplains Pilots Luncheon.

Special thanks to Tony Scribner for the free sandwich coupon.

Photo by: Don Cook 9-12-2018

Aireon Casts A Net - Emergancy Locaters in planes replacement?

From    MARY GRADY   We all may still be waiting for our flying cars and jetpacks, but there’s no question the future has arrived, in ways more subtle but irrefutable. There was the live video of two SpaceX rockets landing on their tails in Florida earlier this year. There’s the imminent first flight of the giant Stratolaunch space plane. And now there’s Aireon, a network of satellites that will make it possible for any aircraft equipped with ADS-B to be tracked anywhere on the planet. No need to send out search planes—a technician at a screen will pinpoint the site of the downed aircraft, and relay the coordinates to rescue teams within minutes. The project was inspired, at least in part, by the loss of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370, which went missing in 2014. Today, flights across the oceans or in polar regions lose touch with tracking systems, and ATC relies on pilot reports, and flight plans filed in advance, to estimate their position. When MH370 went silent, searchers had limited resources to work with, and 239 souls on board remain lost. Wikipedia lists 43 flights that have gone missing since 1970, including balloons attempting to cross the Atlantic, DC-3s, private jets and cargo planes. A Piper Warrior vanished somewhere in British Columbia in 2017. That loss is a reminder that even here in the Western world, there are big blank spaces on the map where humans seldom tread. One of the more famous GA losses in recent years was the disappearance in 2007 of Steve Fossett, the multiple-record-holding pilot who took off from Nevada on a solo pleasure flight in a Super Decathlon and never returned. Despite an online search by hundreds of volunteers who scrutinized Google Earth images for signs of the airplane, it was found by chance in 2008 when a hiker happened upon the site. Presumably, once Aireon goes online next year, this kind of mystery will be a thing of the past. In another 10 or 20 years, the idea of a lost airplane will be as foreign as the rotary-dial phone or rabbit-ear TV antennas. But seldom does something good occur without a flip side. In this case, we lose a little of the awe and dread of living on Earth, the sense that there are places on the planet, wide and empty, that remain unknown and unknowable. It’s a small price to pay for saved lives, but it’s a price worth noting.