Whiteplains Calendar January 2009

Happy Birthday to the following:

1 - 02 - Cindy Ross

1 - 06 - Willem Meiners

1 - 08 - Larry Ross

1 - 11 - Kirt Crocker

1 - 11 - Katherine Branning

1 - 12 - Ray Hill

1 - 21 - Sandra Sisler

1 - 26 - Susan Ramsey

1 - 26 - Nancy Padgett

1 - 28 - Mary Anne Chaplin

SCBC Dates:

1 - 11 - Eagle Aviation CAE

1 - 25 - Greenwood GRD

Other Dates:

1 - 01 - Happy New Year 2009

1 - 19 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

1 - 20 - Whiteplains Annual Meeting 6:00PM Jeff & Ann Cargile's hangar

Another Landing at Whiteplains

Short video of Michael Benton's landing on runway 27 at Whiteplains.



Video by; Don Cook

K-Club Tour of FAA Center

At the beginning of the month, we where able to take a tour of the Control Room and Control Tower at the Columbia FAA Center at the Columbia Airport. Thanks to all the kind people at the FAA Flight Standards Office and Bill Como for arranging the tour.

Travel with us as we go and see what happens at the other end of the mic when talking to air traffic control.



Video by: Don Cook

Gone Flying Video

A short video of a gas run to Sumter Airport in Steve's C-172.



By the way, gas was $3.35 Gal. 100LL This was my first time to Sumter, and must say that they have a very nice FBO setup. Next time you need gas, drop by and say hello.

Whiteplains Announcement: Hanger for Sale or Rent

Update: SOLD!

Hi Folks,

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving holiday.

As my aviation migration continues heading south I am putting my Hanger up for sale or rent.

It is located in beautiful downtown 118 Cirrus Way, next to Jim Causey's hanger.

It is a 40 x 40 insulated hanger with water, sewer and a 1/2 Enclosed Bath.
Comes with a really cool Schweiss strap type door, press the remote and the door opens for your arrival.

It presently houses my Bellanca Super Viking and other toys which are going to their new residence in Jacksonville, Fl.

I would like to sell the hanger as opposed to rental, but would entertain a lease or lease option.

I have an active interested party at $75,000 but first money buys. Owner financing is an option.

Thanks for reading and Blue Skies............

Tom McIntyre
(Retired Navy and airline pilot)
Phone: 803-556-9756
Email: panammac@yahoo.com

Damaris Steiger Farewell Party

Jeff and Ann Cargile hosted a farewell party Sunday evening for Damaris Steiger, Debbie and Micah Froese's niece, who has been staying with them for the past 8 months. Damaris lives in Brazil and came here to attend school and to perfect her English. She will return on Wednesday to Brazil for five days, they she and her family will travel to Germany. She will spend some time with her family then enroll in school in Germany, likely in Hospitality Management. We wish Damaris the very best with her new adventures.

Pictures by: Steve Sanderson

Whiteplains Calendar December 2008

Happy Birthday to the following members:

December 16 Vern Scott
December 31 Nancy Van Wormer

SCBC Dates:

December 14 Rudy Branham (6J7)
December 28 Twin Lakes (S17)

Other Dates:

December 8 Whiteplains Pilots Association Meeting 7:00 pm Jim Wheats Hanger
December 13 EAA 242 SAC Owens Christmas Party 6:30 PM
December 25 Merry Christmas to All and a Happy New Year!

NACOmatic Web Site

Welcome to NACOmatic

This website automates the bulk download of NACO approach plates and airport diagrams - saving you all the otherwise unnecessary pointing and clicking that the FAA NACO and AOPA websites require.

If you want to download one plate at a time?http://www.naco.faa.gov/index.asp?xml=naco/online/d_tpp??

If you want to download by State or automate the process?www.NACOmatic.com?

This website has a wealth of information for Pilots. From Weather, TFRS, Notams and much more. Check it out at:

http://dranz.readyhosting.com/

https://www.notams.jcs.mil/dinsQueryWeb/

Don Cook

WHITEPLAIN'S PILOTS ASSOCIATION MEETING

DECEMBER 8, 2008
TIME: 7:00 PM
PLACE: JIM WHEAT'S HANGAR

AGENDA:
UPDATE OF HAPPENINGS
RUNWAY LIGHTS
NEW HANGARS
NEW HOMEOWNERS

GUEST SPEAKER:

DELPHIN GANTT
Background: Airport planner for SC Dept of Commerce/Division of Aeronautics Inspector for all SC airports thru the Division of Aeronautics.
1600 Hrs F16 Time with the Air National Guard

Please participate and support the Pilot's Association.

Also, listed below are the dates for the 2009 Pilot's Association meetings.

Feb. 9, 2009
April 13, 2009
May 4, 2009 (Planning and organization for the WP Breakfast Club.
May 24, 2009 (WP Breakfast Club)
July 6, 2009
Sept 7, 2009
Nov. 9, 2009

If anyone has any input on the above dates, I would appreciate it if you would give me a call or give Joann a call.

Whiteplains Calendar 2009 Info

I've created a web page with instructions for ordering at

http://web.me.com/mbranning/Branning/Whiteplains_Calendar.html

Thanks! Michael

Boykin's Hanger Door Arrives

Boykin's hanger door arrived on a big truck. It takes a lot of effort to get it from the truck to the hanger. Check out the Photoshow to see how it's done. Great job!

Photo's by: Steve Sanderson

Air Park Information Web Site

Steve Sanderson wanted to share the following link:
http://livingwithyourplane.com/

Check it out, it has a lot of good information on Airparks.

World Tracker Info

At the bottom of the Whitesplains' blog is a World Tracker Finder & Page Counter. You may have noticed that all of a sudden, most of the tracks have disappeared. This is due to a periodic clearing of the map due to so many tracks to display.

To the right of this is a site counter, below is the data as of this date.

Whiteplains - Fall Road Cleanup

In case you couldn't make the clean up this morning, fire up the Photoshow and join us as we make the rounds. Hope to see you at the next one. Thanks to the Fastnaught's for hosting this event once again.

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Found this cool web site that allows you to type in an airport
ID and it zeros in on it on the map.

If you know of a neat Aviation Web Page, forward it to me
so we can share it on the Blog.

Don Cook

Whitepains Birth Announcement

Debbie and I would like to announce the birth of our second daughter: Jenna Aiden Froese November, 13 2008 1:19 PM

Regards, Micah and Debora Froese

Jet Lands at Whiteplains

Ray Hill sent in this picture he took yesterday of a jet landing at Whiteplains.

With a Jump-Jet it is possible... ha ha.

Corvair College #12 at Whiteplains Plantation, Nov. 7 – 9, 2008

Congratulation to Ed Fisher for hosting a special event here at Whiteplains Plantation. Corvair College #12 was a huge success this weekend with attendees coming from all across the country to learn how to convert the Corvair auto engine for use in aircraft.

The Corvair College is a program led by William Wynne from North Florida who is considered one of the country's foremost experts on Corvair engine conversion for aircraft use. The purpose of the ‘College’ is to assist all attendees, no matter their skill level, to learn the tools and knowledge required to get the Corvair engine ready for powering an airplane. William puts on about one college a year and conducts Corvair forums at Sun N Fun and Oshkosh. This is the twelfth college that William has conducted.

In my case, I was a total beginner and spent my time learning to disassemble an engine just as it was removed from the car. Others brought their own engines at various stages of readiness. Some brought parts needing inspection to determine their eligibility for use in an aircraft engine, while others had engines ready for final assembly. William and other technical leaders were available to share their knowledge and guide the assembly process and perform inspections.
One attendee, Larry Hudson from Indiana, completed his assembly and was able to put his engine on the run-up test stand. After a couple of false starts and a little final tweaking it started up and ‘purred like a kitten’.

Forty-Five people attended the College coming from as close as 200 yards (myself) and as far away as western Texas and Ontario, Canada. Others came from Michigan, Ohio, Virginia, New York, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Alabama, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida and West Columbia.
Seven airplanes were flown in for the event: a C-170 from Ohio; 3 KR-2’s one each from Alabama, Pennsylvania and Columbia; a Pietenpol from Barnwell, SC; a Tri-Pacer from Virginia and a ‘Cleanex’ (that is a Corvair powered Sonex). In addition to the Sonex, Corvair engines powered two of the KR-2’s and the Pietenpol.

Many favorable commits were made about our community. One such as, ‘I may plan to retire here’. Ed has done a wonderful job of enhancing the reputation of Whiteplains across the country. GREAT JOB Ed! Let’s do it again next year.

Submitted by: Rob Bridgers

Whiteplains Community - Fall Road Cleanup

It's that time again for the Fall road clean-up.  This has always been an easy Saturday
morning adventure with good fellowship and friendship of our
community. It's also a good time to meet some new folks in the
community or even along the road, and to show our support to a better
and cleaner environment.

The clean-up will begin at the Fastnaught's home on Saturday the 15th on Nov.
at 8:30 AM for a light breakfast and then on to the road. Please dress warmly
and bring gloves.

We thank you in advance for all your help,

Jack & Diane

CWP Class of 11-08-2008

Photoshow of this past Saturday's CWP class that was hosted in Steve Sandersons' hangar, and put on by Ray Hill, our instructor. It was a very interesting class, and we really had a ball at the gun range. Thank you Steve and Ray for making this available to us. Great place to live, Whiteplains Plantation is still number one and now a lot safer. If your interested, Ray is having another class soon. Contact Ray for more information.