Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Historic Piper Comanche No. 1 takes center stage at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh

July 29, 20264 min read

For the full story, click the link below.

EAA - Oshkosh 2026 - Meet the very first Piper Comanchee

Sunday, May 10, 2026

Swing into Spring - Party 2026

Link to the video

Special thanks to Jerry and Linda for putting on

This event for a second time.

Friday, February 06, 2026

Thursday's Whiteplains Eat Out Get Together 2-5-2026

Brothers & Beer Mexican Restaurant

Plane Crash near SC99 2-6-2026

Update 2-10-2026

Click the link below for the latest information about this accident below.

Click here!

Crash Site N705CD

The plane, a Cirrus 22 took off from Columbia Airport (CAE) at 9:05 AM destination being (DCU). Reaching 8,000 the plane's engine lost power. He was able to locate Whiteplains airport (SC99) and attempted to make an emergency landing. Tracking data was lost at 9:20 AM. Unofficial reports that one person died and one person is injured.

I will update the information when more is released.

Updated picture 2-6-2026

Update photo 2-7-2026

Removal begins.

The person killed was later identified as Andrew Frederick Nichols, a 30-year-old Huntsville, Alabama,

resident. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The pilot was taken to the hospital with critical injuries.

Update 2-7-2026

From this photo, you can see how close he was to

making his emergency landing.

Update 2-7-2026

Wings have been removed and loaded on a trailer. The

rest of the plane will be loaded next.

Photo of N705CD

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Don't forget, tonight 1-20-2025 is HOA Meeting @ 5:30.

One year ago at the HOA meeting, it snowed.

Could it do that again?

Friday, January 16, 2026

HOA Meeting Notice

Good afternoon everyone, just wanted to send out a reminder that the Annual HOA meeting will be held at Ken Plesser’s hangar this Tuesday January 20^th and meeting will start promptly at 6pm with dinner to follow. We look forward to seeing everyone there, thanks!

Thursday, January 15, 2026

Flight Deck - Thursday Eat Out! 1/16/2026

Smaller attendance tonight, guess the cold weather

kept some people from coming. Going down to 19.

Photo by: Don Cook

Wednesday, January 07, 2026

Picture from the past... K-Mart Breakfast Club

We really enjoyed getting together at K-Mart for Breakfast.

The ladies treated us real good.

Thursday, January 01, 2026

Happy New Year 2026!

May 2026 be a year of joy and happiness for each of you!.

Thursday, December 25, 2025

December 25th, 2025 - Merry Christmas!

Wishing everyone a Very Merry Christmas!

Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Be sure to mark your calendar for the upcoming New Years Party 2025!

Hello Whiteplains neighbors,

2025 is rapidly coming to an end so we are planning a gathering to welcome in the New Year 2026.

Please join us:
starting at 8pm and continuing until at least midnight
on New Year’s Eve
at the Hoffmann House, 365 Whiteplains Place.

Food and drinks:

We will provide ham and beverages.
Please bring a side dish
Feel free to bring a favorite beverage if you wish

This will be an adults only evening- please don’t bring children.

Hope to see everyone on New Year’s Eve!
Patrick & Gwen

Saturday, December 20, 2025

12-20-2025 - Phase II Gate workday!

Left-click on any photo on the blog to see it full size.

Thanks to David St John, Eddie Brennan, Festus Burchfield, John Anderson, John Schumacher, Bob Clarke, Steve Crimm, & Don Cook for all the hard work on the gates today. And Steve Crimm provided coffee and donuts again to keep us energized!

Photos by: Don Cook