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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

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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

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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

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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