The Whirly Birds Classic 2026 June 11-14 at Spirits of St. Louis R/C Flying Club
Join us June 11-14 for this amazing helicopter event at The Spirits of St Louis RC Flying Club’s Bob Gizzie Memorial Field.Continue Reading
Kubota Repaired
Many thanks go to Dan Morrison, Greg Tesson, and Rick Wintjen for completing the task of replacing the leaking Left Front Axle Seal on our Kubota tractor. Dan used his large trailer to get the tractor to Greg Tesson’s garage. First thing Greg did was power-wash “Cacklin’ Rosie”. Then, RickContinue Reading
June 7 Swap Meet and Fly-In
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
The Whirly Birds Classic at Spirits of St. Louis R/C Flying Club
Join us My 15-18 for this amazing helicopter event at The Spirits of St Louis RC Flying Club Continue Reading
Civil Air Patrol onsite
On April 26th we had a contingent of youth from two Civil Air Patrol units at Gizzie Field to experience Radio Control flying firsthand. Many thanks to those who handled buddy-box flying and/or spent time educating these future fliers. Thanks to Dave H for coordinating this event.Continue Reading
New Flightline Safety Sign
SAFETY FIRST <> SAFETY ALWAYSRead the sign! Front and Back! It protects You!It protects everyone else at Bob Gizzie Memorial Field!FLY SAFE — BE SAFEContinue Reading
Club has a new Grill !
The Spirits have a new Flat-Top Grill. It’s 36″ and should easily handle almost 30 burgers. I see a breakfast fly in our future! Best practices for use are: If you want a quick training session on using it, ask Ralph Grant for help and he will cook a cheeseburgerContinue Reading
Updated Safety Rules
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
Anatomy of a Flying Field
Our own Walt Wilson was published in the October 2002 issue of Model Aviation magazine. This is a great resource if you are looking for history on our great flying field. Original article on AMA website. Anatomy of a Flying FieldContinue Reading
2nd Annual Fun Fly
RESULTS AND PHOTOS: Our latest Fun Fly contest is in the books. The event had 13 contestants and included timed event trials like Lift, Roop, Land aimed at shortest elapsed time and Timed Flight that was an exercise that was scored on who flew the mission and landed closest toContinue Reading
Entry Sign Rebuilt
Thanks to our dedicated field crew for repairing our entry sign. Kudos !Continue Reading
Biplanes over Bonhomme Island Photos
More photos added 02July. After a weather delay in early June we were able to have our first Biplanes over Bonhomme fun fly event on 29June. Continue Reading
Spirits Work Party 16 March
Just a bit over 3 weeks away from our annual work day. Everyone’s participation is important. See Dave B for details.Continue Reading
News Year’s Day Frozen Thumbs Fly-In
A bit of history on how we got to this frozen event. And photos from 2024.Continue Reading
New Club Events
Thanks to our club members stepping up the Spirits will be hosting two new events. First, a Float Fly Tuesday July 11th at Steve Pokorny’s place. The event will start in the afternoon (2p) and conclude with the regular club meeting (sitting around, or in, Steve’s new pool). Also, plansContinue Reading
April Club Meeting at the Field
With the upcoming wonderful weather the Tuesday Club Meeting will be held at Bob Gizzie Field. Join us at 7pm for club business and at the after party at Serra’s PizzeriaContinue Reading
Ken Brock R/C Estate Sale, Swap Meet, Fly-In
Its never fun when you get the call from one of our R/C flying family that we have lost one of our treasured members. Ken Brock was a long time Spirits Member that loved everything about model aviation. His time on this earth was definately cut short as you canContinue Reading
Well, Well, Well…
The Dave’s (Brown and Harrington) and a few others (Tesson and Whitrock) were kind enough to pound a Sandpoint and install a well hand pump into the ground this past Saturday. They hit water at about 14 feet. They should be glad I wasn’t able to make it because IContinue Reading

