We were notified by the St. Louis Area Foodbank and John Bruno that the Spirits donated 340 lbs of food to the local area families in need! This will provide 278 meals to local area families. We should all be proud! It was a pretty dismal day at the ChiliContinue Reading
I rolled through the field the other day to run in my Saito Engine and what to my wondering eyes did appear, a bunch of Christmas Cheer! Apparently the Gizzie Field Elves have been decorating!!! You should roll through and take a look. And Fly!Continue Reading
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
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
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
Spirits own Steve Ramonczuk was gracious enough to allow us to post the following safety incident report and important propeller safety message. As most of you are aware, Steve has been an aircraft mechanic for decades and understands how important the communication of safety accident details can be in preventingContinue Reading
Monthly Meeting Minutes for July 14, 2020 By Ralph Doyle, Secretary President Ralph Grant: Zoom and meeting at the field called to order at 7:05pm. Attendance: One guest was present along with 13 members attended the meeting in person and 2 more via ZOOM. Secretary’s report: Ralph Doyle, Secretary MotionContinue Reading
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
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
Our Frozen Fingers fly-in made the National AMA News in the January 15th 2020 episode of AMA Air, a talk-show that is dedicated to all things model aviation. Check out the link below. If your impatient like me, fast forward to 5:37 to see the clip about us. After all,Continue Reading
Spirits friend and aviation enthusiast Carmello Turdo over at “The Aero Experience” paid us a visit on New Years Day and was kind enough to feature a story and capture some images of most of the planes of the day. If you missed the New Years Fly-In then run overContinue Reading
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
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
We had a number of members come to the field on Saturday, August 24th to help Dave Brown catch up on some much needed maintenance. Thank you to everyone who came out and helped!Continue Reading
Can’t let a little thing like darkness keep you from flying the Extreme Flight Extra 300. The lighting system is the Aurora “Aries” system designed for Side Force Generators (SFG’s). I power it with a 800mah 3S lipo and get about 20 minutes of lighting time. These LED’s are soContinue Reading
Wyatt Grant flies his Extreme Flight Turbo Bushmaster: Spirits member Wyatt Grant (11 years old) enjoyed some wonderful weather flying his 84″ Bushmaster at Gizzie Field on Saturday. He should graduate off the buddy cord in the next few outings. The Bushmaster is a great airplane to teach someone toContinue Reading
Gizzie Field is good for rocketry: Spirits own Robert “Babe” Raab took advantage of the great weather to celebrate 4th of July with his grand-kids. Model rocketry is a great inexpensive way to get the kids involved in building and flying their own rockets. Estes Model Rockets and several othersContinue Reading