FLY-IN STATUS
Last Update:
11/4/17; 5:00am EDT
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The fly-in is "GO" for Saturday, November 4th, 2017!
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The National Weather Service forecast is for a slight chance of showers
after 10am. Patchy fog between 9am and 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a
high near 79. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph in the morning.
Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Our 2017 "EAA Chapter 1467 Fall Fly-in" (dedicated to the memory of Pelham Moss) is scheduled for Saturday, November 4th, 2017 from 10:00am until 4:00pm at Gilbert International Airport (SC45), aka GIA. In case of bad weather, we'll postpone the event until Saturday, November 11th (same hours). We'll update the above "Fly-in Status" periodically to let you know how plans are progressing, especially within the final 2-3 days before the event, so that we'll have a very good indication of what the weather will actually be on that date.
This event will
primarily be for EAA members, members of GIA
and other local
airparks, visiting aviators, and their guests. Although no one will be
turned away who is genuinely interested in aviation, the public is not
generally being invited. We plan to have a very nice
full lunch beginning about 1:00pm on a "donation"
basis.
CTAF at Gilbert Airpark is 122.9. We
plan to have someone monitoring 122.9 on an advisory basis to assist your
arrivals, as well as marshallers to assist with parking. The event will be held in Ron Angerman's
hangar on 332 Downwind Leg Road. It's the largest hangar at the airpark
located about mid-field on the south side of the runway. Aircraft
parking will generally be on the south side of the runway because it's
shaded, it's nearer to Ron's hangar, and also to avoid participants having to cross the runway as much as
possible. Our runways are 27 and
9; standard left hand pattern on both runways at 1500' MSL. If radio
equipped, please announce
"Gilbert traffic" at least 5 miles out. If NOT radio equipped (NORDO), be very careful and vigilant for
other aircraft in the local area. Click the icons below and
consult your aviation maps for further information about Gilbert
International Airpark (SC45). Be sure to check the runway write-up on the GIA website (see link below),
especially with regards to local towers in our area (one of which is listed
at 1063' MSL to the NW located about where the left downwind to base
turn is located for runway 9 and another at 838' MSL located only about 600' north of final approach
to runway 27). If you are driving in, you may park on either side of
Downwind Leg Road, but please park off the paved portion so that local
traffic can pass.
Fuel is
also available at the following airports: Saluda County (6J4-about 20nm
miles west), Columbia Metro (KCAE-13.5nm-east),
Hamilton-Owens (KCUB-20nm east),
Aiken
(KAIK-21nm southwest), Fairfield County (KFDW-29nm-northeast), and Barnwell
County (KBNL-37.5nm-south). KBNL also has 93 octane non-ethanol auto gas.
(NOTE: "Lexington County at Pelion Airport (6J0)" has 100LL and is located
about 9 NM to the southeast of GIA. Unfortunately, their only runway 18/36
is currently CLOSED to all aircraft until December 5th, 2017, so the only
way to get fuel there is to DRIVE there.)
You may also wish to click the thumbnail at top
for some photos taken at our fall fly-in held at GIA on October 18th, 2014.
For airport info about Gilbert Airpark (SC45) at AIRNAV.COM, click the
GPS icon above.
To see the announcement for this event on SocialFlight.org, click the icon above.
To see the announcement for this event on the EAA calendar, click the EAA icon above.
For runway and other information on the Gilbert Airpark website, click the icon above.
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