Whiteplains Calendar March 2008

Whiteplains Birthdays!

March 3 - Micah Froese
March 4 - Doug Mackay
March 5 - Rich Mochak
March 14 - Julie Lucas
March 26 - Denise Perry
March 28 - Posie Cook
March 29 - Dennis Ramsey
March 31 - Nancy Bonacum


SCBC Fly-In Dates:
March 9 - *Alan Smoak Field (PVT) *Changed to Twin Lakes


Other Dates:
March 8 - 70's Dance at Jim Wheat's Hanger 7-10 PM
March 9 - Daylight Savings Time Begins (Spring Back 1 hr)
March 17 - St. Patrick's Day - Pilots Meeting 7:00PM
March 23 - Easter

Gone Flying - Bahama - Here We Come!

Check out our new "Gone Flying" episode. Fun was had by all 19 people that went on the "Bahama Trip to Freeport". A big "Thanks" to Dennis Ramsey for putting this flight together. He is working on a new one for next year. Stay tuned.

Trash Pickup - 2-09-2008

Thanks to 19 members of Whiteplains Plantation, 21 bags of trash was picked up on Windy and Golden Jubilee Road this morning. We had a nice breakfast at the Fastnaught's before the big event. See the Photoshow below.

Hope to see you at the next one.

Clean Up Day!

Hello Folks,

It's that time again. We will be cleaning Windy and Golden Jubilee 
roads this Sat. 2/9/08 starting at 8:30 AM at the Fastnaught's house. 
There will be a lite breakfast and then we will start. As a reminder 
please bring gloves. The clean-up usually take about a hour. We thank 
you in advance for your help.

The Fastnaught's

N6447Q Back in the Air!

I received this video from the current owner of my old plane, N6447Q. As most of you know it rolled down a hill backwards and was totaled by the insurance company. It has been repaired, and the new owner is as happy as can be. Says it flys great, and he has added an engine analyzer to the panel. The only problem that he has had was the Generator went out after he bought it. Same problem I had when the accident happened.

Out of the trees....N6447Q flies again.

New! Gone Flying Section

When pilots get together, we always love to talk about airplanes or about a destination that we discovered to fly to. With that in mind, I'm asking of all of you, the next time you go out and find that perfect $100 hamburer stop or really nice destination, to share it with us via the Whiteplains blog. If you happen to have your digital camera with you, take a couple of shots of the event and send it along with a short description of the trip or event to: duckey123@hotmail.com and I'll see that it gets posted to the blog.

To start it off, Bill Como and Don Cook took a trip to (RWI) Rocky Mount, NC after reading about the open house this past Saturday at RWI.

Hosted by Air Care Aviation Services, Inc. featuring a display of the new Cessna 350 /400 Aircraft. The new Cessna's featured the industry-leading Garmin G1000 with the new Garmin GFC700 autopilot, like the rest of the Cessna line-up. While these new avionics are the best in the industry, the enhanced ergonomics and design changes of the 2008 Cessna 350/400 model cockpits have to be seen to be appreciated. Showcasing a functional cockpit of the NEW Cessna 350/400 with the G1000 and Cessna-exclusive ReadyPad. The event ran from 10AM to 4PM, with GOOD FOOD, BEVERAGES AVAILABLE, and 50 Cent FUEL DISCOUNTS FOR FLY- INS.

By noon the place was packed with people. Guess free food really brings out the folks.

We meet some nice people, one was even considering buying the Columbia 350.

Thanks Air Care for the great food and nice display of Cessna airplanes.

Whiteplains Calendar February, 2008

Whiteplains Birthdays!

2-01 - Melissa Black

2-04 - Sam Padgett
2-06 - Beth Bridgers
2-08 - Laurie Ackerman
2-09 - Elaine Chatham
2-10 - Judy Hitt
2-10 - Kevin Lee Hogan
2-12 - Linda Demaray
2-16 - Hal Clark
2-21 - Leah Crocker
2-23 - James Keisler
2-23 - Niel Bonacum

SCBC Fly-In Dates:
2-10 - Sumter (SMS)
2-24 - Lancaster (LKR)

Other Dates:
2-02 - Groundhog Day
2-09 - Clean Up Day - Windy Road - Meet at Fastnaught's House 8:30 AM Bring Gloves
2-14 - Valentine's Day
2-15 - Trip to the Bahamas - Return 2-17
2-18 - President's Day

What's going on at Whiteplains?

Check out the Photoshow to see what's happing around Whiteplains the last couple of days.

Runway Work Day Photoshow!

Steve Sanderson sent the following pictures of the runway work day held last Saturday 1-26-2008. Check it out.

Thanks to everyone that helped out on this 3rd Runway Work Day!

Runway Work Day

Whiteplains

What a great turn out for our first work day on the runway,

Go Whiteplains Pilot Association!

We installed dirt along the north part of the runway, worked on areas at the east end and many other wash out repairs.

Then Micah check about 15 Pilots out on the mower for this summers mowing, (Thanks Micah).

Great Job Guy's!

Dennis perry

Short Photoshow of Pilots Meeting

During last nights pilots meeting, Jim Wheat was elected for a two year term as President, with Jack Fastnaught, V.P.. Congratulations to each of them!



We'd like to thank Ray Hill for donating our doorprizes for the meeting.

Micah Froese announced a runway work day this coming Saturay at 8 am meet at the shed. Everyone is welcomed to come out and help maintain the runway.

Dennis Ramsey gave us an update on the upcoming Bahama trip in February and handed out some customs forms.

Guest speaker was Lt. Col. Don Lang that gave a good insight on what it was like to be a young fighter pilot during WWII flying the P39N and other planes during the Vietnam war. We hope to have him back again to continue on with his adventure as a Fighter Pilot.

Runway work day!

Fellow Whiteplains Pilots,

Several areas beside the runway are in a dire need of fill dirt. Thanks to the generosity of Jeff Cargile, we now have an ample supply of dirt to fill in these low areas. This Saturday we will have a workday to spread this dirt out along the runway, and plant winter rye grass to stabilize the soil. Everyone is invited to help. We will meet at the tractor shed at 8:00 AM, and start spreading dirt and seed.

See you there,

Micah Froese

Announcement

Fellow Whiteplains PilotsKen and I worked on the Runway lights today, All the lights work except one, we will have it repaired shortly.So our beautiful night lights will be up and running tonight, and the night landing can be made safely again.It is very important that when you see Ken Plesser to thank him for all his hard work on the lights these past years.

The pilot meeting is Monday at Jim Wheat hangar, I have inside information about our speaker and know him personally, I have also herd him speak before and it was very entertaining.I hope to see you there.Safe landing

Dennis Perry

Message from the President

Neighbors,

Your newly elected Board of Directors has met and elected the officers for this term.

Following are the results: Micah Froese, PresidentDennis Perry, Vice PresidentTerry Yon, TreasurerTodd Falstad, Secretary.

We are honored by your trust in us and thank you for your support. If there are any concerns you may have please feel free to get in touch with any one of us.

Micah Froese, PresidentWhiteplains Plantation Association

Let it Snow...Let it Snow!! January 16, 2008

Just in case you missed the snow last night, check out the Photoshow.

Home Owners Meeting 1-15-2008

Check out the Photoshow for tuesdays Annual Board of Directors Meeting:

Whiteplains Pilots Meeting

Contratulations to all newly appointed Board Members.

The first Pilot's meeting for the year 2008 will be held Monday night, January 21, 2008 at 7:00 pm.

Please attend. Election will be held.

Place: Jim Wheat's hangar

look forward to seeing everyone there.

Jim

Your Invited

Dear Neighbors,

Just a quick reminder that Steve Sanderson and Jenny Bloom cordially invite you to stop by anytime after 5:30 for light snacks and a tour of our house before the Whiteplains Annual Meeting that will be held in our hangar at 6:30 on Tuesday January 15th. RSVP not necessary............just come on over............even if you do not plan to attend the meeting.

See you on Tuesday..........................steve and jenny

Steven C. Sanderson aardvark@uiuc.edu228

Phone 803-957-6309

Cirrus Lane
Gilbert, South Carolina
29054-8419

Annual Meeting

Just a reminder that the Annual Meeting of the Whiteplains Plantation Association will be on Tuesday, January 15, at 7 PM in Steve Sanderson's hangar.

Dinner will be catered by Hudson's Bar-B-Que ($10/person), and a very short business meeting will follow.

Don't miss this opportunity to enjoy an evening with your friends and neighbors.

Please RSVP to Larry Ross by January 7 so that we can have an accurate count for the caterer.

Ken

Happy New Year 2008!

If you didn't get to make this years New Years Eve Bash, hosted by Hal and Susan Clark, click on the link below to see what you missed. Hope to see everyone at next years 2009 celebration!