Man-O-War: Warbird Wednesday
Last night at the meeting we shared a few pictures and stories from the Reno Air Races. The mustang I couldn’t remember the name of was Man-O-War. She’s unique and a beauty. She’s rolling out to race in the image above and you can see here sitting on the tarmacContinue Reading
2022-01-12
The Revlution – Rich Taylor’s Quickie Cruiser
Rich debuted his new airplane at the last meeting which is a Mike Del Ponte designed Quickie 500 named “Revlution”, not to be confused with a Revolution! Rich scored it from Steve Collins and built it to be electric for cruising around. Paul Geders covered it for him in CreamContinue Reading
2022-01-08
Frozen Fingers Flying
There are a few Spirits Members that aren’t candy-asses! Do rain, wind, and cold temperatures get you excited to fly? Are you enticed by the temptation of Chili, Donuts, Coffee and Spirits Member Fellowship? Well apparently the answer to both of those questions is NO for the majority of theContinue Reading
2022-01-08
Mark Twain Has Night Vapors!
According to Spirits own Paul Geders, Mark Twain Hobbies has BIND AND FLY Night Vapors in the store for $106.85 with Tax including your Spirits of St. Louis Discount of 10%. You’ll need a Spektrum radio to fly it. GET ‘EM for the February 8th indoor fly/meeting BEFORE THEY AREContinue Reading
2022-01-08
Yes…and Trailers
Started with a good broom, applying Kilz to the stains, removing the wall panels, adding insulation and a coat of white paint brought near life to the trailer. All the while considering how I want to store, stack, hang, secure, etc my planes. I am prone to overthinking things, lookingContinue Reading
2022-01-02
Wayne’s Taylorcraft Cover Project
Waynes must have run out of balsa kits because he’s looking around the shop for things to do. Next Victim, the Ace 1/4 scale clipped wing Taylorcraft. Basic framing was done by Paul Habel in the 90’s. He pulled it off the ceiling where it had been hanging since 1993Continue Reading
2021-12-28
December 2021 Meeting Minutes
Special thanks to Steve Pokorny for being gracious enough to host the Club at the December Meeting at his awesome home. Minutes from the meeting are below:Continue Reading
2021-12-25
Eyesight, Airplanes and Trailers
Restarting into the hobby after years of inactivity. My year-in-review story.Continue Reading
2021-12-24
Indoor Fly / Monthly Meeting: Mark Your Calendars Feb 8th, 2022
Fly, Meet, Race / Fly Some More! Special thanks to Dan “Danno” Morrison for working tirelessly to get us a great venue to fly in and hold our February 8th Meeting. Bring your indoor capable drone, airplane, helicopter, or other flying device to fly. We will be having Night VaporContinue Reading
2021-12-23
Christmas thoughts from the President
2021 is coming to a close, finally: I find myself sitting here as a pretty exhausted dude after the end of year marathon of 17 straight weeks of travel and 60+ hour work weeks. Its finally coming to an end after what has been another crazy year. The pandemic obiouslyContinue Reading
2021-12-18
Santa’s Little Helper – Brian Gilmer
Spirits own Elf Brian Gilmer has been busy in Santa’s Woodshop building some flight tables to replace the slowy deteriorating polymer tables out at the field. Brian has been using some wood that he has access to so the only investment by the club is for hardware and for paint.Continue Reading
2021-12-18
The Phoenix Pilatus PC-21 by Ralph Doyle
I’ve always liked the design of the Pliatus-9 so I put together that plane over the 2018 winter season and flew it often at the field. Unfortunately, the plane decided to re-kit itself later in the year when the elevator control failed. Needing a replacement, I discovered an option whileContinue Reading
2021-11-30
November 2021 Meeting Minutes
Starting this month I’m proceeding to change the format of the minutes / Flightlines to be in PDF format. In most cases the minutes are multiple pages so to view more than the first page, hover your mouse or touch the PDF with your finger on your phone to pageContinue Reading
2021-11-30
October 2021 Meeting Minutes
Monthly Meeting Minutes for October 13, 2021By Ralph Doyle, Secretary President Ralph Grant:President Ralph Grant was out of town on business. V. President Dave Harrington called the meeting to order at 7PM. Attendance:18 members attended the meeting. Secretary’s report:Ralph Doyle, Secretary Motion made, seconded and voted to accept the SeptemberContinue Reading
2021-10-20
September 2021 Meeting Minutes
President Ralph Grant: Meeting at the field called to order at 7:05pm. Attendance: Due to the bad weather only13 members attended the meeting in person. Secretary’s report: Ralph Doyle, Secretary Motion made, seconded and voted to accept the August meeting minutes as posted on the web site. There is aContinue Reading
2021-10-12
John Bruno Family Event / Dedication
As most people know, we lost Spirits own John Bruno back in August. His family and friends were devastated and taken surprise by this horrible event and he will forever be missed. In celebration of the hobby that John loved, The Spirits of St. Louis R/C club will host aContinue Reading
2021-10-12
August 2021 Meeting Minutes
Monthly Meeting Minutes for August 10, 2021By Ralph Doyle, Secretary President Ralph Grant:Meeting called to order at 7:00 pm by Ralph Grant Attendance:28 people attended the meeting. Two new members have joined, Ivan Perez and Marty Ferrell. Former member Mike Wallis was in attendance. Secretary’s report:Ralph Doyle, Secretary MotionContinue Reading
2021-09-04
National Model Aviation Day
Aug 14th 2021 was recognized as Model Aviation Day. The Spirits had a wonderful turnout of 40+/- flyers and spectators. The weather was awesome. CHECK OUT THE HIGHLIGHTS!Continue Reading
2021-08-21