2000 Cozy MK IV Plane

Noticed a Cozy parked next to James hanger today. Went down and got a few shots of it. Nice looking plane and has a Lycoming engine in it. Think he is from NC.

Short Video of it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAxWp7svxgQ

Takeoff video:

Runway Safety Item

How Will it Read in the NTSB Report?

“Immediately following touchdown the aircraft impacted an automobile crossing the runway. The resulting impact killed the pilot and passenger and both occupants in the vehicle, one of which was a nine year old child. The resulting fire quickly spread to three houses in the upscale airpark community located in central South Carolina.”

This nearly became the truth last night at Whiteplains Plantation (SC99). A vehicle crossed the runway directly in front of a high performance aircraft that had just touched down, and was well below go around airspeed. The vehicle narrowly missed hitting the aircraft which could have resulted in four fatalities.

We live in a unique community and runway incursions by vehicles of residents and visitors are frequently observed. There is no excuse for any vehicle to cause the kind of serious, near fatal, conflict with any aircraft, as could have happened last night.

Everyone must, without exception, ensure that any runway crossings by vehicles are done with the utmost safety. A tragic accident almost happened last night; we cannot be too cautious. Make certain that you observe and assist all non-residents crossing the runway, and always exercise extreme caution in crossing the runway.

Stop, roll down your windows, turn down the radio, and look both ways before crossing . . . the life you save could be your own. . . or the life of your friend and neighbor.

Jim Wheat

President, Whiteplains Pilots Association

Whiteplains Calendar June 2009

Happy Birthday:

June 03 - Alex Branning
June 11 - Vicky Gardner
June 16 - Cyrstal Haltiwanger
June 22 - Dana Dunkleburger
June 27 - Ken Jefferson

SCBC Dates:

June 14 - Cheraw (CQW)
June 28 - Triple Tree (SC00)

Other Dates:

June 14 - Flag Day

June 21 - Fathers Day

Jeff Cargile gives boy his first airplane ride!

The Joy of your first Airplane Ride!



Do you think he enjoyed it?

Photos by: Phil Rainwater

Twin Landing

Phil wanted to share some video of his landing at Whiteplains and other places.



Video by: Phil Rainwater

SCBC at Whiteplains Plantation

Cooked up a Photoshow for todays SCBC. Enjoy.

Thanks to Phil Rainwater for his pictures and Don Cook.

Thank You!

Daryl & Lee Ann Nations (own the lot between Cargile's & Sanderson's) want to say "Thank You" to whoever picked up the garbage bags from their lot. They stopped by this evening to get them but they were gone.

5-14-2009

Steve Sanderson sent some pictures of some of the work done yesterday around the runway.

See Slide Show below.

Runway Work at Whiteplains May 9, 2009

Whiteplains Fire Department BBQ

About 50 of our neighbors attended, the weather was perfect, the food was good and we all had a great time.

Submitted by: Steve Sanderson

Whiteplains Calendar May 2009

Happy Birthday to the following members:


May 01 - Tommy Robbins
May 05 - Cinco de Mayo
May 08 - Cannie Bridgers
May 13 - Bruce Cunniff
May 20 - Michael Benton
May 30 - Michelle Perry



SCBC Dates:


May 03 - Green Sea (S79)
May 17 - Whiteplains Plantation (SC99)
May 31 - Holly Hill



Other Dates:


May 04 - Pilots Meeting
May 10 - Mothers Day
May 25 - Memorial Day
May 29- John F. Kennedy's Birthday

A Bit Toooo Breezy for me!

We have seen a very interesting aircraft around these past few days. Our good friend Ed Fisher just completed the restoration of a Breezy, and after a few practice flights, it left today for Maryland........or Delaware............or somewhere up east, depending on who is telling the story. The item in the upper left of the second photo is editorial thumb...............just in case you were wondering............

Submitted by: Steve Sanderson
Note: He did make it home.

Lexington Fire Department Trains at Whiteplains

If you happened to drive by the Cook's house around 2 PM today, you saw several fire trucks that where taking part in a training exercise on how to fight a airplane fire in a hanger attached to a house. Following the training, they took a tour around Whiteplains. Thanks Steve Sanderson and Don Cook for going over the differences in fuel and electrical systems in high wing and low wing airplanes, and to all the firemen that came out. Special thanks to Battalion Chief Billy Gardner for allowing his me to train at Whiteplains. Short video below.

Short video of today's trash pickup on Windy Road. If you missed it, you missed out on some real fun. This is a great way to serve your community. Remember, this is for ALL Pilots of Whiteplains.

Thanks once again to the Fastnaught's for hosting a wonderful breakfast at this event once again.

Pictures and Video by: Don Cook

Air Shot Photos - Phil Rainwater

Phil Rainwater wanted to share the following pictures of his best side!

Do you have a neat picture that you would like to share? If so, email me at
duckey123@hotmail.com subject - Photo and I'll post it on the blog.

Great Picture of Micah's Plane

Wanted to share airshot of Micah Froese's newly painted airplane taken by Michael Branning. Outstanding picture.

Thanks to Steve Sanderson for sharing this with us.

Whiteplains Pilot's Meeting 4-13-2009

April 13th Pilot's meeting video. See you at the next meeting.



Double click on video to see full screen HD.

Bob Chatham RV6 Update

Today was a major day for Bob Chatham. He was able to run his RV6 engine for the first time in 11 years since he started this project. Below is a short video of this event.


Video by Don Cook Click on Video to see in HD.

Whiteplains Blog Traffic Report

Just wanted to share a little information about the Whiteplains blog. We have
gone over the 10,000 visits and 18,000+page views mark. Blog has been viewed all over the world.

Live Your Aviation Dream at Whiteplains Plantation    
                      (s26duckey)                       

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Whiteplains Calendar April 2009

Happy Birthday to the following members:


April 03 - Tracy Hill
April 05 - Ken Plesser
April 07 - Gwen Mochak
April 09 - Leslie Benton
April 10 - Sabrina Hogan
April 18 - Jim Causey
April 18 - Brett Harvey
April 20 - Ro Lucas
April 23 - Aprille Harvey
April 25 - Bob Chatham

SCBC Dates:
April 05 - Summerville (DYB)
April 19 - Broxton Bridge PVT


Other Dates:
April 01 - April Fool's Day
April 04 - Young Eagles Day at Whiteplains 9:00 AM
April 12 - Easter Sunday
April 13 - Pilots Association Mtg 7:00PM Jim Wheat's Hanger
April 15 - Tax Day- Tea Day Tea Party!
April 18 - Road Clean Up Meet at Fastnaught's at 8:30 AM
April 22 - Earth Day

Sunset Landing at Whiteplains

Short HD video of Bill Como making a sunset landing at Whiteplains a couple of night ago.



Good landing, Bill.
Video by: Don Cook

Dennis Perry Ready for the Big Snow!

Gwen Mochak snapped this picture of Dennis Perry getting the tractor ready for the big snow storm that we where suppose to get last week, but it never made it this far south. If it had, I'm sure Whiteplains' Road's would have been cleared of the nasty white stuff courtesy of Dennis.

Thanks for sharing the picture Gwen. If you have an interesting picture that you took and would like to share on the blog, send it to duckey123@hotmail.com .

Whiteplains Calendar March 2009

Happy Birthday to the following members:

March 03 - Micha Froese
March 04 - Dough McKay
March 05 - Rich Mochak
March 14 - Julie Lucas
March 26 - Dennis Perry
March 28 - Posie Cook
March 29 - Dennis Ramsey
March 31 - Dough Sowder
March 31 - Nancy Bonacum


SCBC Dates:

March 08 - Rock Hill (UZA)
March 22 - Sumter (SMS)

Other Dates:

March 08 - Daylight Savings Time Begins - Spring Forward!
March 17 - St. Patrick's Day
March 28 - Whiteplains Young Eagles Day 9:00 AM - Rain Date 4-4-2009

In Memory of Lee VanWormer

Lee and his Jeep. All aboard!

Fog rolls in at Whiteplains.

I wanted to share two pictures of Lee that Nancy sent to me. It has been two years since his passing.

We miss you Lee, and appreciate all that you have done for Whiteplains.

Don Cook

Whiteplains K-Club Trip to Ft. Gordon

K-Club members went to see the Ft. Gordon Signal Corps. Museum yesterday. We had an excellent time and got to see some old and newer communication equipment. Bob Anzouni did an outstanding job of sharing the history of the Army's Signal Corps.

Steve Sanderson is working on a tour of the classrooms at Ft. Gordon Signal School. Stay tuned for more information.

Pictures of Micah Froese Plane

I finally had some time to take some pictures of the finished plane. Thanks to my neighbor Michael Branning, his expertise, and professional equipment, we were able to get some very nice shots. Here's the link:

http://picasaweb.google.com/micah0303/N171MFPhotoShoot#

Runway Light Project

Whiteplains Pilots,

As of this past Sunday, Phase I of the runway lighting project has been completed. The new lighting system consists of FAA approved fixtures with 65 watt light bulbs. The old lighting system had a maximum bulb wattage of only 15 watts. While this was suitable for ambient neighborhood lighting, it was minimally adequate for night landings, and made the airport very hard to find at night. The new lights come on automatically at dusk at a lower power setting which will provide the same lighting as the old system. However, for night operations, 5 clicks on 122.9 will bring the lights up to full brightness, and also turn on the VASI's. Once turned up, the lights will stay at full brightness for 10 minutes, and then go back down the lower power setting. When bringing the lights up space your clicks apart like this: click - one potato - click - two potato - click - three potato -.......

Thanks to Ken Plesser for putting this system together. From designing and building the controls, to acquiring the light fixtures, to putting the whole system together, Ken has worked tirelessly on this project. A bigs thanks also goes out to all those that helped with bead-blasting, painting, assembling, installing, testing, trouble shooting, and cleaning up the old system for resale.

Great job!

Micah Froese

PresidentWhiteplains Plantation Association

Runway Lights Video

Saturday was "Runway Light Work Day" at Whiteplains. A big thanks to Ken Plesser and all the guys that turned out a brisk morning to get the old lights out and the new ones in. Below is a short video of today's activities.

Pilot's Association: Saturday workday at Whiteplains‏

Pilots,

We will be installing the new runway lights this Saturday 2/21/09, starting at 9:30 AM in Ken Plesser's hangar. The last two weeks have been spent cleaning, bead blasting, painting, and assembling the lights.

Provided everything goes as planned, we will have a runway lighting ceremony at 8:00 PM that evening at the Gazebo. Bring a beverage of your choice.

See you there,

Micah

Runway Lights Update 2-17-2009

Thanks to Steve Sanderson for sending in the pictures of the new runway lights. Today was a very productive day, as can be seen from the pictures.

Another thanks to all the people that helped. Jim Causey, Steve Sanderson, Bill Como, Ken Plesser and his wife Peg. Great job folks!

AOPA New Flight Planner

AOPA released a new Flight Planner for Internet use. The old program is no longer supported, but is still working for now. This version is much better then the old software and places weather information right over your route. Best of all, if your an AOPA member it is free.
Click on link below: You need to enter your log on name and password.
https://www.aopa.org/login/index.cfm?method=loginrequired

Runway Light Update

Mixing the paint.

Doughnut Time....

First, we had to remove the sail plane from the paint booth.

Jordan at the controls.... Up...UP and Away!

For the last couple of days, several of us have been busy bead blasting 50 landing light bases. This morning was paint day over at Ed's hanger. After moving a glider out of the way, we managed to get all of them hung and cleaned up, ready for Ed to do his magic in the spray booth.

Thanks to Steve Sanderson for the photos. More later.

Whiteplains Pilots Meeting 2-09-09

Below is a short Video of Monday nights Pilots Meeting. Some of the items covered: The new Customs rules that go into effect in May. This information is going to be covered again at Owens Field on 2-10-2009 starting at 7 pm. Ken Plesser reported on the runway light upgrade. He was given the green light on preceding with the upgrade. Jack Fastnaught reported on tire safety. Also covered was the need to turn 20 degrees right after take off when using runway 27.
Next pilots meeting is going to be in April to cover this years up coming SCBC.
Note: Video of last years SCBC well be shown at this meeting.



Video by: Don Cook

Meeting - US Customs "know BEFORE you go"

Everyone is invited to hear about the new Custom Regulations that go into effect in May. Meeting is being held at Owens Field at 7:00 PM. If you ever fly out of the country you need to attend this meeting. All pilots are urged to go. Many new changes and big fines if you mess up.

Sights & Sounds @ Whiteplains

Night landing at Pelion and a short video as we took a walk around the runway at Whiteplains Plantation. Sunday 2-08-2009.



Video by: Don Cook

Saturday Trash Pick Up - Windy Road

Steve Sanderson sent in this picture of the people that took part in the Whiteplains' Plantation community Windy Road trash pickup. Due to server problems, many people didn't get the word on time. Hope to see you at the next one.

Whiteplains' Blog Update

I've added a few new gadgets to the blog. One is the slide show. Anyone can add slides to this show. Just send to duckey123@hotmail.com to have them added to the blog.


Also added a link to "Front Page Headlines", of papers from around the world. It is updated every day. Check out your favorite city today! Double click on page to see full size.

Two additional gadgets are located at the bottom of the bog. One lets you log on as a follower of the bog, and the second one lets you play a nice game of Pac Man.

Micah Taxi Test Run

Steve Sanderson was able to get some shots of Micah's plane while he was doing a few high speed taxi runs this morning. Short Photoshow below.

Video of Michael Benton's T/L Check Ride

Below is yesterdays take off and landing for Michael Benton's private pilots check ride. Dispite a strong cross wind, he did an outstanding job and passed.

New Pilot - Michael Benton Passes Check Ride!

Congratulations goes out to Whiteplains Plantations' newest pilot, Michael Benton, just passed his private check ride. See slide show below. Great job Michael.



Pictures by: Steve Sanderson

Sisler Hanger Door Goes Up

Thanks to Steve Sanderson for providing the photos of Sislers new hanger door going up.

Whiteplains Plantation Calendar February 2009

Birthday Wishes to the following members:

February 01 - Melissa Black
February 04 - Sam Padgett
February 06 - Beth Bridgers
February 08 - Laurie Ackerman
February 09 - Elaine Chatham
February 10 - Kevin Lee Hogan
February 10 - Judy Hitt
February 12 - Linda Demaray
February 21 - Leah Crocker
February 23 - Niel Bonacum
February 23 - James Keisler

SCBC Dates

February 08 - Edgefield County Airport (6J6)
February 22 - Lancaster (LKR)

Other Dates:

February 02 - Groundhog Day
February 09 - Pilots Assoc. Mtg 7:00PM Jim Wheats Hanger
February 10 - Owens Field - Meeting on new Customs Regs 7PM
February 12 - Lincoln's Birthda
February 14 - Valentine's Day

February 16 - President's Day
February 21 - Runway Light Install Party 9{30 AM Kens Hanger
February 22 - Washington's Birhday

Whiteplains Plantation Annual Meeting 2009

In case you couldn't make this years Whiteplains Plantation Owners' dinner and meeting, below is the video in two parts. Hope you can make it in person for next years meeting.

Part I



Part II



Video by: Don Cook

Schweiss Promotion!

LR: Jim Causey, John Gardner, Bill Como and Steve Sanderson (Note: Jacket+ Hat)

Photo by: Ken Plesser

Steve Sanderson managed to con some shirts, a jacket and hats from Schweiss Door Company. He handed them out at the K-Club this past Monday to Schweiss door owners. If you're a Schweiss door owner, see Steve he might have a shirt or hat left.

O.K. time to call

Update: Fired off e-mail to Hydroswing about Schweiss giving shirts, hats and jackets to Schweiss owners. Got a call today from Hydroswing saying that they will not be out done. They are sending goodies to all Hydroswing owners at Whiteplains.

Thanks Hydroswing!

New Hanger Door Arrives

Steve Sanderson has some pictures he would like to share with us. I added them to Photoshow for display below. Enjoy!

Let It Snow!

Today (1-20-2009) was a snow day at Whiteplains. While it is not uncommon to get snow from time to time, today's snow was a good inch. While it didn't last, I was able to get a few shots around Whiteplains before it melted. Enjoy.


Movies and Photos by: Don Cook

24 Hours of Aviation

If you haven't seen this before, it is something to see.



Each dot is an aircraft.

Gone Flying

Last month we flew with Ken Plesser for a fact finding flight to Newberry Airport to check on possible runway replacement lights for Whtieplains. Click below to join Ken, Bill Como and Don Cook on a short hop to Newberry. Don't forget to buckle up!

2009 SCBC Dates

Thanks to Steve Sanderson for sending this in.

Jan 11 Eagle Aviation CAE
Jan 25 Greenwood GRD
Feb 8 open
Feb 22 Lancaster LKR
Mar 8 Rock Hill UZA
Mar 22 Sumter SMS
Apr 5 Summerville DYB
Apr 12 Easter
Apr 19 Broxton Bridge Pvt
May 3 Green Sea S79
May 17 Whiteplains SC99
May 31 Holly Hill
Jun 14 Cheraw CQW
June 28 Triple Tree SC00
July 12 Salisbury RUQ
July 26 Anderson AND
Aug 9 Aiken AIK
Aug 23 Moncks Corner MKS
Sept 6 Owens Field CUB
Sept 20 Laurens KLUX
Oct 4 Camden CDN
Oct 18 Barnwell BNL
Nov 1 Orangeburg OGB
Nov 15 East Cooper LRO
Nov 29 Winnsboro FDW
Dec 13 Rudy Branham 6J7
Dec 27 Twin Lakes S17

PILOTS N PAWS

Leslie Benton wanted to share with the pilots at Whiteplains information on an orginization that has a mission of pilots saving dogs from euthuanization. Below are two links that tell the story about this effort to rescue dogs of all types and sizes.



http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22844052/?GT1=10755
http://pilotsnpaws.org/

Whiteplains Annual Meeting 1/20/09

Our annual meeting this year will be hosted in Jeff and Ann Cargile's hangar. Hudsons Barbecue will be the caterer. Menu includes pulled pork, chicken, 3 sides and iced tea. Cost is $9.00 per person. If you plan on attending, please see Jack Fastnaught before the 20th to get on the list.

Date: Tuesday, 1/20/09

Place: 240 Cirrus Lane,

Hangar Time: Open house at Cargiles from 5:00 - 6:00 PM

Supper served at 6:00 PM Hope to see you there,

Micah Froese

NWS Columbia SC Aviation Workshop

NWS Columbia SC
Sub-Regional Aviation Workshop
February 26, 2009

The Intended Audience for this Workshop is:
Aviation Forecasters
Airport Managers
Airline Representatives
Medevac Personnel
General Aviation Pilots

Click on link below for more information:

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/cae/avn_subregional_workshop.php