BISHOPVILLE- A little inclement weather kept a few pilots from flying into Bishopville but it couldn’t keep them away.
Sunday in Bishopville at the Lee County Airport’s Butters field was supposed to be the site of several dozen aircraft flying in for the second year in a row for the South Carolina Breakfast Club’s bi-weekly meeting. Mother Nature had other plans and the low clouds prevented any of the planes from actually landing.
It didn’t deter some of the dedicated few members that took alternate means of transportation such as a motorcycle or car. The preferred method is by aircraft but above all, fellowship was most important. The Club has a history that dates all the way back to 1938 and promises a home cooked southern breakfast, great fellowship and flying. This week it was Bishopville’s turn and breakfast was served at the South Carolina Cotton Museum, on West Cedar Lane. Every other Sunday pilots and aviation lovers in and around South Carolina meet at a different airport. As their website, www.flyscbc.com, states “That’s it! No dues, no meeting requirements. Breakfast is around $6 a plate and is ready around 9 a.m. Fly-in or drive. There’s always plenty and all are welcome.”
Just in case there was a brief opening in the clouds and a plane wanted to land, airport manager, airport commission chairman, pilot and instructor George Roberts was ready. He was standing yards from the runway with walkie-talkie in hand to give the all clear to land. Last year Roberts said there were more than 30 aircraft including a helicopter. Although he had hoped the good weather trend from the past week would continue it didn’t. Butters Field is a small country airport to say the least and it only allows pilots to use a visual approach for landing, minimum 1,000 ft. ceiling and three mile visibility.
Read more here: http://www2.scnow.com
It didn’t deter some of the dedicated few members that took alternate means of transportation such as a motorcycle or car. The preferred method is by aircraft but above all, fellowship was most important. The Club has a history that dates all the way back to 1938 and promises a home cooked southern breakfast, great fellowship and flying. This week it was Bishopville’s turn and breakfast was served at the South Carolina Cotton Museum, on West Cedar Lane. Every other Sunday pilots and aviation lovers in and around South Carolina meet at a different airport. As their website, www.flyscbc.com, states “That’s it! No dues, no meeting requirements. Breakfast is around $6 a plate and is ready around 9 a.m. Fly-in or drive. There’s always plenty and all are welcome.”
Just in case there was a brief opening in the clouds and a plane wanted to land, airport manager, airport commission chairman, pilot and instructor George Roberts was ready. He was standing yards from the runway with walkie-talkie in hand to give the all clear to land. Last year Roberts said there were more than 30 aircraft including a helicopter. Although he had hoped the good weather trend from the past week would continue it didn’t. Butters Field is a small country airport to say the least and it only allows pilots to use a visual approach for landing, minimum 1,000 ft. ceiling and three mile visibility.
Read more here: http://www2.scnow.com
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