Ralph Grant will CD Round 4 of Four Star 40, Uproar and Stock Electric Warbird Pylon Racing on Saturday August 16th. The field is open at 9am for trimming and practice, racing starts at 10am. Make your plans to join us for some good-natured racing. We have a great dealContinue Reading
Dan Morrison was CD for the third round of Four Star 40, Uproar and Stock Electric Warbird Pylon Racing on Saturday July 19th. Special thanks go to our volunteers for helping make the day a success! The weather threatened, it even sprinkled a few times, but in the end, theContinue Reading
Paul Geders will CD Round 2 of Four Star 40, Uproar and Electric Warbird Pylon Racing on Saturday June 14th. The field is open at 9am for trimming and practice, racing starts at 10am. Make your plans to join us for some good-natured racing. We have a great deal ofContinue Reading
Dave Harrington did a terrific job as CD for the opening round of Four Star 40, Uproar and Stock Electric Warbird Pylon Racing on Saturday May 10th. Thanks to everyone who helped to make the day a success! Dave and Terry had the field in tip top shape and theContinue Reading
Let the racing begin! Spirits of St Louis RC has its own brand of pylon racing that is designed to encourage entry-level and experienced sport pilots alike to race with a common sport plane and spec’d power combinations. Its a low-pressure racing atmosphere and when the racing is over theContinue Reading
Our last race of the year was another success. What a beautiful day…a little cross-wind…but we got through it! My first thoughts go to our workers. Without them the rest of us would not have the fun we have. Hats off to Kevin Mayden and Chris Webb our pylon cutContinue Reading
Race results and reflections We had a pretty solid turnout for this month’s pylon races. 14 planes, 3 classes and 10 different pilots competed with terrific weather in what turned out to be a pretty competitive event. I want to thank the many members who turned out to watch andContinue Reading
We had a beautiful day for racing…thank you Lord! Put out the call for workers early to ensure we had judging positions filled. Had great response. Terry Houts was my backup starter…thanks Terry you did an outstanding job. The following volunteers made the race a tremendous success; Lap counters: Curt McIntyre, KerryContinue Reading
I had the opportunity to travel to Germany for business and planned a side excursion to London. My wife flew directly to England while I worked in Cologne and then we were going to meet up for five days of vacation. Well, things did not go as planned. Within 3Continue Reading
Courtesy of Steve Collins. Awesome video. Check it out!Continue Reading
Club swap meets are best when you bring home a P-47 and park it on an awesome quilt; er, ramp. Perhaps, Rich has a creative hobby most are not aware of. 😉 We look forward to seeing it fly very soon.Continue Reading
Last night at the meeting we shared a few pictures and stories from the Reno Air Races. The mustang I couldn’t remember the name of was Man-O-War. She’s unique and a beauty. She’s rolling out to race in the image above and you can see here sitting on the tarmacContinue Reading
News and video from he July Four Star / Warbirds Pylon Racing eventContinue Reading
Thanks to the efforts of Paul Geders, we have updated the Pylon Racing rules to include the new Uproar Class. I know of at least 4 of these beasts that have been built so we should see some close racing. Depending on how they compete we may toss them inContinue Reading
Wayne has been pretty busy! He’s covering the Jug with Monokote and painting the Olive Drab (olive drab monokote is no more) and White (see the rudder pic below). Its a big project. Wayne’s son in law printed an R2800 for him and a little paint brings it to life. TheContinue Reading
