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By Ralph Doyle, Secretary President Ralph Grant:Meeting and Zoom called to order at 7:10 pm.   Attendance:24 members and one ZOOM participant attended the meeting. Thanks to the leadership of Ralph Grant, this year the club already has 112 members which is more then all of last year which, inContinue Reading

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There were about a dozen flyers who took to the skies to be the first flyers of 2021. We had about three shifts. An early crew that apparently got there before daybreak (Around 4:30 Navy Time) and left before 9:30, a mid morning crew (Yours Truly) and a late morningContinue Reading

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A video by John Campbell Our own John Campbell was inspired so much by the amazing weather on the 28th, that he fired up his JVC 4K camera and shot the following video. Thanks John! Remember, anyone can contribute content to the site. Just send in some pictures and aContinue Reading

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Airplanes, Chili, Helping people in need? What’s not to love? Cook up a batch of Chili and come out to Gizzie Field this weekend and don’t forget to bring some non-perishable food for our food drive. Everyone with an AMA membership and a canned good donation can fly at theContinue Reading

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The second EDF timetrials took place on September 22, 2020. We had another 9 racers enter the event and Steve Ramonczuk took the title as fastest jet with an average speed of 100.25MPH. Steve inched out Ralph Grant by 2.66 seconds on his 3 laps around the pylons. Fun wasContinue Reading

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We had an awesome impromptu turnout for some EDF (Electric Ducted Fan) Jet pylon racing this past Sunday. We had the intention of racing the pylons on Saturday but rain and a strong cross wind ran everyone off. There were about 5 of us standing around talking about how awesomeContinue Reading

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Next time your out at the field, snap a few pictures and send them to: pictures@spiritsofstl.com Feel free to include a little description of who is in the image and some details about the plane, event, etc!Continue Reading

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As of 7/1/2020 St. Charles County parks are still open. At the request of the members we have re-opened the Porta-Potty and Pavilion, however members are to use these facilities at their own risk. Currently, masks are not required in St. Charles county although if you are not able toContinue Reading

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A HUGE Success! The FALL FUN-FLY & FOOD DRIVE on Saturday, October 19th was a big success.  We had at least 25-30 pilots flying throughout the day and only one non-repairable crash.  Dave Harrington saved the day by bringing Hot Dogs, Chips and Chile, so no one went hungry.  FestivitiesContinue Reading

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Flies like a 30’s Racer Should, On Rails! The 1/5th scale Ryan STA by Phoenix models is a fantastic sport flyer. Of all the single seat aerobatic sport planes that Claude Ryan built, this is one of my all time favorites. It made its full scale debut on June 8thContinue Reading