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
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
Join us My 15-18 for this amazing helicopter event at The Spirits of St Louis RC Flying Club Continue Reading
Fly, Meet, Race / Fly Some More! Special thanks to Dan “Danno” Morrison for working tirelessly to get us a great venue to fly in and hold our February 8th Meeting. Bring your indoor capable drone, airplane, helicopter, or other flying device to fly. We will be having Night VaporContinue Reading
Bringing the clubs in St. Louis together with discounts! The most awesome thing about flying model aircraft is fellowship of other flyers and meeting the model aircraft community. A common barrier to this is the concept of memberships. To fly at another club more than a few times a yearContinue Reading
I received the following message from a fellow flyer from Crowthorne, England. Dear Mr. Grant, I hope you do not mind me contacting you. have been looking through the Internet in an effort to find some information as to the model that I own. It is a 1980 model ofContinue Reading
Model Aviation Icon and All Around Nice Guy! Let it be known to all Spirits Members that the value Robert “Bob” Underwood has provided to our Hobby over the decades is immeasurable and to show our appreciation we have granted him a life membership to the Spirits of St. LouisContinue 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
This has got to be one of the wettest flying seasons on record. I think the flood of 1993 had more sunshine. Spirits of St. Louis Flying Club’s “Gizzie Field” has been pretty fortunate that we are in a location protected by levee’s and that our landlord “The Ostmann’s” investedContinue Reading