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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          Total ....................... 10,440          
          Average per Day ................. 13          
          Average Visit Length .......... 0:46          
          This Week ....................... 90          

        Page Views

          Total ....................... 18,675          
          Average per Day ................. 17          
          Average per Visit .............. 1.3          
          This Week ...................... 117

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