Our next
chapter meeting will be held on Sunday, October 20th, 2019
at
Dave and Tammy Gardner's "Buckeye Farm"
located at 5095 Fellowship Road near Williston, SC. It's located
at coordinates N33.3723, W81.4639 (expressed in degrees). We
suggest that you look it up on Google Earth to get the lay of
the property before coming and convert to whichever coordinate
format you use.
Just plug those coordinates into the search box and click. Also, you can see the photo below for general layout. This photo
was made facing generally to the northwest.
The runways are 31 and 13. The runway is roughly 2600' long
and straight (with a slight "dogleg" on the 31 approach) on
reasonably smooth grass. If the winds are reasonably favorable,
Dave recommends using runway 31 (to the northwest) for landing
and 13 (to the southeast) for takeoff. Why? Runway 31 has the
best approach in, even with the slight "dogleg" approach
through the trees, which you can see above. You can choose to
fly over the trees on that end, but you'll have less runway for
landing. The opposite applies on runway 13. There's a fence and
electrical wires on the runway 13 approach. Also, as you see
from the photo above, the runway is very narrow on that end with
tall trees on both sides. It will be like "threading a needle"
through the trees (or) you could fly over the trees and
sacrifice a few hundred feet of runway.
For takeoff, Dave recommends 13 because you can taxi up between the trees
to the "turn around spot" at the very end and then utilize the
whole 2600' length for takeoff to the southeast. Please do not attempt to fly in
if you have any reservations about your aircraft's landing or
takeoff characteristics on that length runway, especially on a
high density altitude day. We'd prefer that
you drive in and be safe rather than take a chance and be sorry.
Naturally, anyone who chooses to do so may drive in.
Insofar as driving in, the driveway into Buckeye Farm
is not really well pronounced (by design) and can be fairly easily missed.
However, the driveway is just across the road from Ebenezer
Baptist Church on Fellowship Road. It's about a 7 minute drive
from Williston. The easiest way to come is through Williston
(from the north) on Hwy 39 south for about 3 miles, then turn
onto Fellowship Road to the left. Dave's driveway is about 0.4
miles down Fellowship Road on the right. We recommend you look
it up on Google Maps (or another map) for directions, or simply use your
GPS. You can also click on the arrow at the bottom of this
page for directions. You may also wish to enter Dave's telephone
# (which you can find on our TTF membership roster) into your
cellphone in case you have trouble finding it. If you fly in,
you should have no problem finding it using the coordinates
above. Also, please note that the driveway does cross the runway near the 13
approach end, so be sure to look for aircraft before crossing it. Just follow
the road around to Dave and Tammy's hangar, which is on the other side of the
runway (see photo above).
We plan to have hamburgers and hotdogs for lunch around
1:00pm, but you may wish to get there a bit earlier. Please let
me know if you can bring something for lunch. If we all pitch
in, then we can manage to airlift the food in without much
problem. For large and heavy items, such as ice, we'll ask
someone driving in to bring that. Dave has a grill that we can
use to cook the food. BTW, the weather should be cooler in late
October, but in case not, Dave's hangar is air conditioned, so
come on down and enjoy the day with us. The leaves should be
turning by then, so it will probably be a beautiful flight down.
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NOTE: We've now finished reviewing all 7 DVDs of the "Sporty's
Instrument Rating Course" in the terminal building at 6J0. If
you wish, you may check out the "backup copies" of the course, which
are in the individual plastic cases. The originals are in a plastic
magazine in the lockbox too. but we ask that you not remove those
from the terminal building. You may view them in the terminal
building as often as you like. However, that's our only copy, so if one goes
missing or is damaged, we no longer have a viable course. For
a complete description of the course,
click here.
Lunch Menu
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Hamburgers & Hotdogs -
Randy
& Libby Berry
Buns - Randy & Libby Berry
Caribou Chili - Dave & Tammy Gardner
Cornbread & Cheese - Dave & Tammy Gardner
Condiments (catsup, mustard, mayo, relish, pickles) - Debbie & Larry
Sour Creme & Corn Chips (for chili) - Debbie & Larry
Hamburger Trimmings (cheese slices, lettuce, tomato, onions) - Debbie &
Larry
Chips - Debbie & Larry
Plates, Bowls, Cups, Plastic Utensils, Paper Products - Debbie & Larry
Tea (diet sweet) - Randy & Libby
Tea (unsweet) & Diet Coke - Debbie & Larry
Brookie Cookie Bars & Lemon Bars - Debbie & Larry
Peanut Butter Brownies - Debbie & Larry
Ice - Jim Streeter
Potato Salad (maybe) - Debbie & Larry
Desserts - Who Else?
More Beverages (Tea, Soft Drinks, Lemonade, Etc.) - Who Else?
Other Food Items - Anyone?
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Green - Agreed to provide
Gray - Unconfirmed, but probably
Red - Need volunteers
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