Whiteplains Calendar for August 2008

Happy Birthday to the following members:

August 08 - Dennis Perry
August 14 - Houston Smith
August 19 - Jason Ford
August 23 - Bill Como
August 26 - Steve Sanderson
August 27 - Jenny Bloom

SCBC Dates:

August 10 - Aiken (AIK)
August 24 - Moncks Corner (50J)

Other Dates:

New Voyager 4.0 Software

Voyager 4.0 is out and much improved. Faster and better display of data, and best of all it is free. Give it a try.

Voyager FreeFlight is an absolutely free, easy to use, basic flight planning system. It's based on the full Voyager system and includes many of the features of the full system but leaves out other features such as on-screen fuel prices, export to GPS devices, high performance and high altitude planning, etc. Once you have Voyager FreeFlight installed, you can add functionality by buying and turning on various modules.

http://www.seattleavionics.com/Downloads.aspx

Ride with the Blue Angels

In this short film "Flying Full Circle" is a 10-minute short film about living out a childhood dream. Filmmaker Brian J. Terwilliger's passion for aviation was sparked at an early age by seeing The Blue Angels perform, and that passion later became the genesis of One Six Right. It took 5 years of persistence to complete the film, which makes this invitation to fly with The Blue Angels a very special experience that came full circle.

http://www.terwilligerproductions.com/flyingfullcircle/

Information from: One Six Right News and New Films

Miata Club of Whiteplains - Trip to Lake Murray

Sunday was a wonderful day and the Miata Club of Whiteplains took advantage of the nice sunny day with a trip to Lake Murray for lunch and Ice Cream.
Short Photoshow below.

Photos by: Steve Sanderson & Don Cook

Lake Murry B-25 presentation

Dr. Bob Seigler, who in the fall of 2005 led the effort to retireve a WWII bomber from the bottom of Lake Murry, will speak about the recovery Saturday, Auguest 9 at the S.C. Museum.

The Program, entitled "The Loss and Recovery of the Lake Murray B-25", well begin at 2 p.m. in the Museum's auditorium.

The B-25-C bomber was pulled largely intact from the lake 63 years after its crew was forced to ditch the plane in Lake Murry because of engine failure. It is one of the fewer than 10,000 of the planes built during the war.

For More information on "The Loss and Recovery of the Lake Murray B-25", call (803) 898-4952.

Information from "The Lake Murray News" July 10, 2008

Check this out...Battle Hymn

http://www.greatdanepromilitary.com/Battle%20Hymn/index.htm

High School & 4th Graders... great job.

Gilbert Peach Festival - 2008

Short slide show of our pictures from this years Gilbert Peach Festival 2008.

Preview of the "Whiteplains Float"

A couple of pictures of the Whiteplains float. As you can see it really turned out nice. It even has music. More pictures to follow.

Gilbert Parade - July 4th!

Put your walking shoes on and join the fun!

Friday the 4th of July is the Gilbert parade, it starts at or about 9:30 AM. You need to leave Whiteplains by 8:00 AM to get a good spot, also you will have a lot less walking to do from your car. This is a big event for Whiteplains.

Our float is just about doneAnd it is looking GREAT! Get out and Join the FUN! See you there.

Dennis Perry

Whiteplains Calendar for July 2008

Happy Birthday to the following members:

July 3 - Ann Cargile

July 5 - Carolyn Yon

July 6 - Jordan Lee Froese

July 6 - Terry Yon

July 14 - Durham Harrison

July 16 - Cassie Williams

July 20 - Bev Harrison

July 25 - Diane Fastnaught

July 26 - Erik Demaray

July 28 - Jane Jefferson

July 30 - Rob Bridgers

July 30 - Kay Franklin

SCBC Dates:

July 13 - Palmetto Air Plantation (Pvt)

July 27 - Anderson (AND)

Other Dates:

July 4th Forth of July - Happy Birthday USA

Hal & Susan Clark

Michael Branning has some photos from last nights going away party held at the Ramsey's hanger. Click on the link below to view.

We are going to miss both of you. Thanks for all the hard work on the Gazebo. Outstanding job! Enjoy the open road, and remember to come back from time to time to see us!

http://gallery.mac.com/mbranning#100256

Tomato Plant Over 6' Tall

Jim Wheat said to come by and see his tomato's. So we did, and this is what we saw. Now that is some tall tomato plants. Grown in a planter at that. Good Job, Jim.

PS. If you need any tomoto's, now you know where to get some. ;-)

SCBC 2008 Photoshow

Just finished the SCBC Photoshow that was held right here at Whiteplains Plantation on May 18.

Thanks to Michael Branning, Don & Posie Cook for sharing the photo's.

The Video for the SCBC is also finished, but too large to upload. If possible, I'll show it at the next Pilots Meeting.

Posted by: Don Cook

Mike Benton's Solo Flight!

Today was the day, Mike Benton made his first solo flight right here at Whiteplains. See the short Photoshow below.

Thanks to Steve Sanderson for sharing his pictures. (Sorry about the size, but they came to me in very low resolution.)

Posted by: Don Cook

Announcements - Whiteplains

Friends and Neighbors,

We are having a going away party for Hal and Susan on Saturday the 21st of June, 6:30 PM in Dennis Ramsey's hangar. Debbie will be cooking a spaghetti dinner, please bring either a salad or dessert.

Please RSVP with my directly, micah@froese.com, or call me at 803.397.4923.

Micah Froese

Whiteplains Calendar for June 2008

Happy Birthday - To the following members:

June 3 - Alex Branning

June 11 - Vickey Gardner

June 21 - Susan Clark

June 22 - Dana Dunkleburger

June 27 - Ken Jefferson

SCBC Dates:

June 1 - Rock Hill (UZA)

June 15 - Cheraw (CQW)

June 29 - Salisbury (RUQ)

Other Dates:

June 14 - Flag Day

June 15 - Father's Day

June 19 - Special Pilot's Meeting Jim Wheats Hanger 7:00 PM

June 21 - Going away Party for Hal and Susan Dennis Ramsey's Hanger 6:30 PM RSVP

micah@froese.com

Photos for SCBC

Photos by Don Cook

The first batch of pictures for Whiteplains SCBC are now online. If you have photos to share, just open a Google Picasa2 account (Free) and upload the pictures. Send me the link and I'll add the link to the blog. If you have pictures at a different location, send me the link and it well be added to this post.

http://picasaweb.google.com/duckey123/WhiteplainsSCBCDon2008

Lost & Found!

If you lost or know of some one that lost a pair of sun glasses during the SCBC, check with Niel Bonacun. He found a pair in his hanger.

Thanks....

Don Cook

Whiteplains SCBC Completed!

Twenty-seven aircraft and two helicopters flew in for this year's SCBC with over 200 meals served. The weather turned out nice and cool, with a breeze right down the runway. This year's cash raffle was won by our very own Dick Hitt. Congratulations, Dick!




Click on picture to see full size.

Thanks to everyone that pitched in to make this year's SCBC a great success.

Stay tuned, Photoshow and Video coming soon.

(Update: 5-21-2008 The Video is finished! I'll show it at the next Pilots meeting. Photoshow to follow next.)

Guess Who is back?

5-16-2008

A long time prior resident of Whiteplains, Nancy VanWormer, returned to Whiteplains to offer her services for the SCBC to be held at Whiteplains this coming Sunday. In honor of her return, several ladies from Whiteplains got together at Scarborough's for lunch today.

Welcome back Nancy!