Our Annual Christmas Party and December Meeting will be on the THIRD TUESDAY of December at Steve Pokorney’s house this year. Steve has been a gracious host in the past. This event needed to be moved due to a prior commitment he had out of town, so make note andContinue Reading
Our 2025 Inaugural Pylon Racing Championship Series has wrapped up. Steve Cross expertly managed as Contest Director and was helped with officiating by a host of volunteers, including Jon Brines and Dave Brown as cut judges, Ed Morrison, Wayne Salzwedel, Steve Pokorney and Mike Lindsay kept track of the laps.Continue Reading
Meeting at Bob Gizzie Memorial Field, meeting called to order @ 6:57pm Secretary’s Report Stephen Adams Minutes from Sep mtg. approved Voice vote to confirm BoD nomination/voting process fix approved. It was recommended that Bart Asher be nominated for VP, he was not present to accept, Dan M will contactContinue Reading
The FAA is changing and modernizing the National Airspace System. These modernizations particularly affect small Unmanned Aircraft Systems, or sUAS – our model airplanes and us, recreational flyers. They have made certain exceptions for the Spirits of St. Louis RC Flying Club Inc. We now are able to operate under a persistentContinue Reading
Greg Tesson was CD for Round 5 of Four Star 40, Uproar and Electric Warbird Pylon Racing on Saturday September 20th. The temps were milder than the last few rounds, but the wind came up suddenly partway through the second round of heats, so discretion said we’d hold at 2Continue Reading
Bart Asher has big fun planned for Sept 13. If you have a plane and an AMA license, come compete in this event. If you don’t fly, but would like to enjoy a day of fellowship with some great people, maybe even help out with concessions or other areas, letContinue Reading
The weather was HOT, the Pylon Racing was Hotter! A special thank you to the volunteers! It was a tough day to be sitting out in the sun but they powered through. We had some super tight racing with several ties. If it wasn’t like flying on the surface ofContinue Reading
Dan Morrison was CD for the third round of Four Star 40, Uproar and Stock Electric Warbird Pylon Racing on Saturday July 19th. Special thanks go to our volunteers for helping make the day a success! The weather threatened, it even sprinkled a few times, but in the end, theContinue Reading
Paul Geders will CD Round 2 of Four Star 40, Uproar and Electric Warbird Pylon Racing on Saturday June 14th. The field is open at 9am for trimming and practice, racing starts at 10am. Make your plans to join us for some good-natured racing. We have a great deal ofContinue Reading
Bring your extra stuff to the field along with something to fly Saturday June 7 9am-2pm Bring all those kits, supplies, rarely enjoyed toys and anything else you think someone else might find valuable that’s been sitting in the corner of your shop for a while to trade for somethingContinue Reading
Join us My 15-18 for this amazing helicopter event at The Spirits of St Louis RC Flying Club Continue Reading
Dave Harrington did a terrific job as CD for the opening round of Four Star 40, Uproar and Stock Electric Warbird Pylon Racing on Saturday May 10th. Thanks to everyone who helped to make the day a success! Dave and Terry had the field in tip top shape and theContinue Reading
Please review the updated Safety Rules that will be presented for acceptance vote at the March 11, 2025 regular club meeting, to be effective March 16, 2025. Membership commenting period has closed and the product of many weeks of discussion and thoughtfulness is ready for adoption. This updated rules setContinue Reading
Let the racing begin! Spirits of St Louis RC has its own brand of pylon racing that is designed to encourage entry-level and experienced sport pilots alike to race with a common sport plane and spec’d power combinations. Its a low-pressure racing atmosphere and when the racing is over theContinue Reading
Our Second Winter Indoor Fun Fly will be another stand alone event (no regular meeting). As in December, this will be just 4 hours of flying fun in the large gym at Francis Howell’s Saeger Middle School in Cottleville, MO. More details below… The Indoor Fun Fly II will onceContinue Reading
Tue, Dec 10, 2024 7pm – Christmas Meeting Spirits RC Flying Club Christmas Party/Meeting at Steve Pokorny’s -Meeting called to order at 7:08pm Secretary’s Report Minutes accepted from Nov mtg. Safety Report Sid reports nothing happening at field. Dan Morrison has been drafting a more current set of Safety Rules,Continue Reading
