1/3 Scale B-17

This is not a remote controlled “model” airplane but is designed and built for a pilot to fly it, but has not been flown yet!!! 

The project was started back in 1999 and is just now nearing completion. The airframe is all scratch built (of course) and made out of aluminum. The main gear retracts just like the real B-17, and has proven to be the most complicated part of the project. The engines are the Hirth 3002 4-cylinder 2-stroke that usually have a reduction unit and make about 80 hp. Jack chose this engine because of its size... it was small enough to fit inside a properly scaled nacelle. However, to make it fit properly, the reduction unit is removed which will bring the power down around 60 hp each, with the engines spinning the 46.4" diameter props at about 3,300 rpm. 

This project, coming to life in Dixon Illinois, has to rank as one of the most fascinating home built aircraft projects of all time. It's the kind of idea that weird people like me dream up but rarely does anyone actually follow though. With an estimated 20,000 hours of labor required to build this cute little beast, it's understandable why. With a 34 ft 7 in wingspan, estimated 1,800 pound weight and four 60 hp engines for a total of 240 hp, the Bally Bomber is just pure awesome! Be sure to check out the hundreds of pix from the build process along with additional 

info <http://theballybomber.com/> < http://theballybomber.com/ <http://theballybomber.com/> > 

Expired Aircraft Registration Certificate

By Stephen Pope / Published: Oct 08, 2013 Related Tags:
Tip of the Week Aircraft Registration Certificate

If the registration for your airplane is expiring at the end this month and the government shutdown continues past October 31, you could face a thorny proposition: Should you consider your airplane grounded or keep flying as though nothing has happened? Based on an unscientific survey of pilots on online message boards, most appear to be taking the position that if FAA employees are on furlough there won't be anybody around to perform ramp checks, and so why not continue flying on an expired registration?

Read more at  Click Here!

Garmin Unveils GPS Smart Watch for Pilots

Suddenly "smart watches" are cool — so you knew it was only a matter of time before somebody

introduced a cool and smart pilot watch. Think of Garmin's new D2 watch as a powerful aviation GPS receiver that you wear on your wrist. Stylish and lightweight, the watch incorporates direct-to and nearest navigation functions, as well as a built-in altimeter with adjustable baro setting, altitude alerting capability, and the ability to integrate with the Garmin Pilot app, Garmin's VIRB HD camera and more. Priced at $449, the D2 incorporates a WAAS GPS receiver and a worldwide aviation database, allowing pilots to press and hold dedicated buttons for accessing direct-to, nearest functions, as well as to create fly-over waypoints of their current locations. Read more at

Click here!

Greenville Downtown Airport

Run for a good cause

Hey! As you may know, I am training to run a marathon in San Francisco and I am doing great. This week is the big 20 miles!! Yes 20! I am doing this to help raise needed funds to fund research and to provide medical needs to caner patients. I am doing this because my own grandfather died of Leukemia and that is why I am doing this. Why each Saturday I get up and run. The race is in 4 weeks and have raise $2300 so far. My goal is $2900- Can you please help me? In honor of my 20 miles this weekend, could you consider making a $20 donation?

All donations are tax deductible and it would me a lot to me and the people I am running for and their family. I am also running for two friend's daughters who are current survivors!!! I am also collecting names of heroes my friends want me to run for-I'm going to put them all on my shirt on race day and run in honor of everyone! Thanks for your support!! Check out my website for more updates and picture of my progress at

http://pages.teamintraining.org/sc/nikesf13/marathoner 

Need all donations by October 15th.

God Bless and Thank You!

Linda Demaray 
Real Estate Partners LLC
(803) 348-2677 P
(803) 996-6586 F
Helping to fight Cancer
10% Net Proceds to LLS

A GoPro competitor: Garmin VIRB - Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association

Click on link below for full story.

  

A GoPro competitor: Garmin VIRB - Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association

The Collings Foundation's F-100F and Colonel George "Bud" Day Celebratio...

Emergency Landing in Chicago

Click here for full report  http://my.chicagotribune.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-77503589/

Up Coming Events - October

Free Jukeboxes hits from 1940-1999

Get all the great songs from 1940 -1999 all for free.  Click here: UpChUcKy Jukeboxes

Free Sectionals and Enroute Charts‏

On the FAA web pages, you can download the info for free.

Get it while you can.

Open the files as tif for sectionals and as pdf for enroutes

Enroute

http://aeronav.faa.gov/digital_enroute.asp?eff=08-22-2013&end=10-17-2013

Sectionals

http://aeronav.faa.gov/index.asp?xml=aeronav/applications/VFR/chartlist_sect

A new record???

    Picture by: Steve Sanderson


Another near-record turnout at the K-Club this morning. Mr. T. R. Parrish joined us once again and all neighborhood, political and social issues were discussed, debated AND resolved in one hour!.

Steve Sanderson - Cub Reporter for Whiteplanins Plantation

Triple Tree Fly-In Going on now 9-4 to 9-8

    Photo by: Don Cook

Early this morning, 15 residents from Whiteplains Plantation and two guest picked up trash on Golden Jublie and Windy Road. We managed to collect a total of 17 bags. Our thanks to Jack and Diane Fastnaught for hosting us for breakfast and to all who came out to help.

Windy Road Cleanup Date Set

Good afternoon folks,

It's that time again. We'll do the clean up this coming Saturday Aug. 31st. starting with a light breakfast and some fellowship at the Fastnaught's home at 8:30 AM.

We'll then go to work. Many hands make light work so please come out and help.

See you then.

Jack & Diane

Our very own Dick Hitt and his 1955 T-Bird at Auto Show

    Photo by Don Cook


Your editor took advantage of the great weekend weather and attended a car show in nearby Irmo, SC.  Our friend Dick Hitt was there with his beautiful 1955 Thunderbird.   :

Reported by: Steve Sanderson 

K-Club attendance record...

    Photo by: Steve Sanderson                                                                                                     8-26-2013

Good turnout at the Whiteplains K-Club regular Monday morning meeting today. We had a record 21 of 24 members present. Matters of great political and social importance were discussed and resolved.

Soaring, Round table & Ipad in Aviation Event at SC00 9-7-2013

To register click here: Register

Click here to register:  http://www.faasafety.gov/SPANS/event_details.aspx?eid=51538

"ATC Round Table Discussion"
Topic: ATC Question & Answer Session
On Saturday, September 7, 2013 at 8:30 AM
Location:
Triple Tree Aerodrome Hangar
330 Mary Hanna Rd

Woodruff, SC 29388

Select Number:
SO1351537

Description:
Take advantage of this rare opportunity to ask ATC tower manager Sonny Massey, all the questions you've saved up. Sonny manages the busiest General Aviation airport tower in the state of SC, the Greenville Downtown Airport. He will give a brief discussion about ATC and what they expect from inbound and outbound traffic.  There will also be an open question and answer session with the audience.

To view further details and registration information for this seminar, click here.

The sponsor for this seminar is: SC FAASTeam

The FAA Safety Team (FAASTeam) is committed to providing equal access to this meeting/event for all participants. If you need alternative formats or services because of a disability, please communicate your request as soon as possible with the person in the 'Contact Information' area of the meeting/event notice. Note that two weeks is usually required to arrange services.

The following credit(s) are available for the WINGS/AMT Programs:

Basic Knowledge 3 - 1 Credit

Click here to view the WINGS help page

Mooney crashes

Two Killed in Kansas City Mooney Crash

By Pia Bergqvist / Published: Aug 22, 2013

Related Tags: Accidents, News, Technique

An Ohio couple that was visiting family in Kansas City died this week shortly after departing the Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport near downtown Kansas City, Missouri, in their single-engine Mooney. 

 

Lynn Lundsford from the FAA said the pilot had reported “an undisclosed problem” after lifting off and had been “cleared by the controllers to return to the airport.” But instead the airplane crashed in a grassy field near the south end of the runway.

 

According to witness accounts, the pilot tried to turn back to the runway before the crash.

 

The NTSB has started its investigation of the crash and one of the agency’s investigators, Mitchell Gallo, briefed the media on Monday. Gallo said there was no explosion or post crash fire as a result of the crash.

Read more at http://www.flyingmag.com/technique/accidents/two-killed-kansas-city-mooney-crash#ZspoVucQL9OLthQ4.99 

BRS Parachute Now Available for Van's RV-7, RV-9 | Flying Magazine

BRS Parachute Now Available for Van's RV-7, RV-9

By Stephen Pope / Published: Aug 22, 2013

Related Tags: News, Aircraft, Experimental Aircraft / Homebuilts, Van's Aircraft , BRS Aerospace

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Van's builders have been practically begging BRS Aerospace to offer its whole-airframe emergency recovery parachutes for the lineup of popular homebuilts – and now BRS has delivered by making the rocket-fired chutes available for the Van's RV-7 and RV-9.

 

It took some creative engineering to add a parachute to the RV models, but the company was finally able to make it happen. As described by BRS, the unit in the RV is stowed in a specially designed frame suspended from structural aluminum angles spanning the upper longerons and the back of the aft baggage bulkhead. The parachute deploys out of the right side of the fuselage behind the wing and angles upward.

 

“We are very excited to release this installation to the Van's Aircraft market,” said BRS CEO Larry Williams. “We listened to the customer base and responded.” Williams said BRS’s most frequent request is for installation options on Van's Aircraft. 

 

Since 1981, BRS has delivered more than 30,000 parachute systems to aircraft owners worldwide, including more than 3,500 on FAA-certified airplanes. BRS parachute recovery systems have been credited with saving the lives of 299 pilots and passengers.

 

The installation kit for the RV-7/9 series is on sale now, BRS said, with a delivery wait time of about 6 to 8 weeks after an order is placed.

Read more at http://www.flyingmag.com/aircraft/experimental-aircraft-homebuilts/brs-parachute-now-available-vans-rv-7-rv-9#hXHKlGSJKj2IKc2X.99 


BRS Parachute Now Available for Van's RV-7, RV-9 | Flying Magazine

Rudder Skills

Get this free 15-minute video on Rudder Skills and learn some tricks and tips that will improve all your take-offs and landings.

Prepared by CFI, DPE and former airline training instructor, Wally Moran.
View the video here:
http://www.pilotworkshop.com/video/rudder-skills-2

Fly safely,

Mark Robidoux
PilotWorkshops.com

Fords Willow Run Plant - Great Story

This is a WW2 propaganda film (aimed at the homefront). But the engineering stuff is pretty interesting. (And note the neckties.)
B-24 LIBERATOR - AMAZING STORY
 
The Genius of Henry Ford. This was BEFORE Pearl Harbor !!!  Ford's B-24 Bomber Plant at Willow Run, MI.
 
Henry Ford was determined that he could mass produce bombers just as he had done with cars.
 
He built the Willow Run assembly plant and proved it. It was the world's largest building under one roof.
Even then FORD HAD A BETTER IDEA!
This film will absolutely blow you away - one B-24 every 55 minutes.


 
http://www.youtube.com/embed/iKlt6rNciTo?rel=0 

Flew to Pelion Airport for gas.  Wanted to see how my new GoPro Hero 3 silver camera would do, so I put it on the bottom of the plane. Video turned out to be real good. Check it out.

                                           Click this link to see video: Gopro Hero 3 Test

8-18-2013

Aviators: Season 4 Opening Preview

The Aviators: Season 4 Opening - YouTube - TheAviatorsTV The BIGGEST aviation TV show on the planet is back with an all-new fourth season of aerobatic thrills, military brawn, and pure flying ravishment from every corner of the world of aviation. Seasons 1 to 3 are available right now on iTunes in North America, the UK, and Australia and can also be seen on PBS, Hulu and Amazon in the US, Travel+Escape in Canada, Discovery overseas, and on the show's official website at TheAviators.TV. Season 4 premieres in the fall of 2013. Watch for it!

Video: Pilot Captures His Own Crash

By Mark Phelps / Published: Aug 20, 2013

Related Tags: Accidents, News, Technique, Aviation Videos

The pilot of a Bradley BA100 light sport aircraft carefully checked the GoPro cameras mounted on the exterior of his airplane. With video rolling, he took off from Skylark Airport in Killeen, Texas, but shortly after passing the departure end of the 5,495-foot runway, his engine lost power. The video shows a slight right turn toward an open area, but a large tree got in the way of the emergency landing.

 

After what might have been an attempt to turn back to the airport (according to the NTSB preliminary report), the single-seater hit the tree about 20 feet from the top. The pilot emerged uninjured. The video shows him making note of the fact that the cameras are still operating, even telling a first responder, “You’re on camera.” The video is pieced together with footage from three GoPro cameras, all of which survived intact. One is mounted on the underside of the tail; a second under the left wing; and the third inside the cockpit looking over the pilot’s head.

 

The BA100 is a Volkswagen-powered low-wing kitplane from Bradley Aerospace in Chico, California. Designed to be aerobatic, it’s stressed to plus or minus 9 Gs. Approximately 200 kits have been sold, with an unknown number completed. You can see the crash video here:

http://www.youtub

Lost Dog

There is a couple from outside the Whiteplains community who have reason to believe

that their lost Yorkie (young black/tan female named Lexie) was last seen or around

in Whiteplains.
 
If you find this dog, please call them at 892-2216.
 
Thanks.
 
Ken & Peg

Found Lab Puppy 6-1-2013

Late last night Susan and I were going for a walk and there was a black dog near James Keisler's hanger.  It followed us home despite me shooing it away.   I woke this morning to find that it had slept on my porch.  Its a very friendly black lab female pup that I would say is about 6 months old.  It has a weathered red color with no tags.  Anyone missing a dog or know of someone missing a dog.  If so please call my cell at 803-606-5189.

Dennis Ramsey

Asiana flight crash profile

An excellent graphic presentation of the Asiana prang. There is a “ghost”’ companion of a normal approach profile. 

Click HERE to see video.

Update on landing fees in the Bahamas 7-9-2013

www.CaribbeanFlyingAdventures.com

For Immediate Release Update on Bahamas Fee Increases Do NOT Use General Declaration Forms!

We MAY have a reversal in the recent tax increases in the next few days.  Your emails to senior officials in the government got their attention. Also, see my interview in the Nassau Guardian.  Click Here.

 

Not only were the fee increases ill-advised, but the regulations were poorly written.  There remains much confusion amongst the Customs officials at various out island airports about what to charge whom.  I made a fuel stop in the Exumas on July 3 and their tried to charge me $150!

 

These are the current regs:  General Declaration forms will be charged $75 in and $75 out.  Do NOT use General Declaration forms.  When you arrive, present the C7A Inbound Cruising Permit for private pilots, even though you may not be island hopping in the Bahamas.  Keep a copy of the stamped form.  The fee is only $50 for the C7A.

 

The ill-written regs state that you must request outbound clearance when you depart the Bahamas (which means presenting a GenDec) but instead, simply present your inbound C7A and state that you are departing.  Customs headquarters in Nassua has stated categorically that private pilots will only be charged $50 inbound and nothing outbound.  Too bad this is not clear in the written regs.

 

Our efforts seem to be paying off.  The government has heard you and is re-visiting their decision.  Everyone else was sitting on the sidelines, including AOPA, waiting for who knows what.  If there is a reversal of these goofy fees, your messages will have been one of the main reasons for the retraction.  Thanks.

 

Regards,  Jim Parker

New Bahamas customs fee catches pilots off guard - Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association

New Bahamas customs fee catches pilots off guard

July 2, 2013

By Dan Namowitz

General aviation pilots landing or taking off from the Bahamas since July 1 have been surprised to learn they must pay new customs processing fees.
One of the fees for customs services is a $50 charge for processing an inward declaration and a cruising permit for private aircraft entering the Bahamas. For an outward declaration, it appears that pilots must use a form that carries a $75 processing fee, said Rick Gardner of Caribbean Sky Tours, AOPA’s authorized representative for the Bahamas, Caribbean, Mexico, and Central America.

The new fees, which raise the cost of a trip to the Bahamas beyond an existing $25-per-person passenger tax, went into effect with no advance notice and caught the tourism industry and fixed-base operators off guard, Gardner added.
Since July 1, Gardner’s office has been fielding phone calls and emails from dismayed pilots who had been informed that they owed the charges. In a telephone interview, Gardner said he had just heard from a member of a group of 16 single-engine aircraft on a mission trip to Haiti who were charged the fee upon making a refueling stop. The group vowed not to refuel in the Bahamas on their return flight, Gardner said.
“It’s not the amount, it’s how they did it,” Gardner said, expressing disappointment at a lack of outreach to the general aviation community by the government of the Bahamas, a popular vacation destination for pilots.
“They played with the goose that lays the golden eggs,” he said.

New Bahamas customs fee catches pilots off guard - Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association

AOPA seeks more data on pilot detentions, inspections - Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association

AOPA seeks more data on pilot detentions, inspections

July 2, 2013

By Jim Moore

Federal officials have yet to respond to AOPA’s demand for information (and explanations) regarding the increasingly frequent detention and search of law-abiding pilots by agents of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection—well inside the national borders.

AOPA continues to gather new reports from pilots with experiences similar to those first reported by AOPA Online in May. AOPA Manager of Aviation Security Tom Zecha said the online survey need not be fully completed to be useful, though the more data supplied, the better.

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Zecha said he has heard positive feedback from members who appreciate the handy kneeboard-formatted checklist with detailed recommendations on how to respond to ground inspection and search demands (other than routine ramp checks conducted by FAA staff). The checklist will be published as a tear-out insert in the August issue of AOPA Pilot.

AOPA has yet to receive a response to a June 19 letter to acting CBP Commissioner Thomas S. Winkowski that noted the agency’s failure to respond to previous Freedom of Information requests within the time frame required by law, and gave the agency until July 20 to respond before the association pursues “other remedies.”

AOPA seeks more data on pilot detentions, inspections - Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association

Both Flags up on the new Flag Pole

Mike Moore returned from his vacation and put up the SC99 flag. Next is lighting, which should be done in a few days. 

Restaurant open at Lake City, SC.

The Patio Restaurant, Lake City, SC My wife and I had lunch at The Patio Restaurant located at Lake City Municipal in Lake City, SC. Food was very good and fresh. We both had salads which were some of the best we've had they substituted grilled chicken for the ham on her salad. We're sure to be back. Submitted by Mike B

Per Fun Places to Fly.... they have a new restaurant at Lake City.  (51J)  Let us know if you happen to drop in how the food was.

New Flag Pole Installed

The new flag pole is now installed next to the Gazebo.  It is 25 feet tall with a 4x6 foot flag. 

When the new beacon was installed, it was decided to move the flag from the tower due to problems replacing the flag.   A new pole was installed next to the Gazebo.  The SC99 flag will be added as soon as Mike Moore returns from his vacation.   7-5-2013

Photo by: Don Cook

New Flag Pole 7-3-2013

 This is what it did all day long.  Of course, this is what it does when you want to install a flag pole.

 We had a break in the weather, so we took advantage of it, hole dug and the concrete in.

All done.  Now all we have to do is wait 24 hours before we stick the pole in the holder.Soon we'll have a new 25 foot flag pole with a 4x6 flag and the Whiteplains flag below it.

Photo's by Posie Cook

Rob Bridgers hangar door arrived by truck.

 Crane needed to remove from truck.

 Large door arrives by truck.

Photo's by: Steve Sanderson