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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

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Website / Secretary Report (Stephen Adams) Membership Report (Greg Tesson) Dues Vote & Application Updates Treasurer’s Report (Wayne) Field Committee / Maintenance (Terry) Officer Nominations (for October election) Upcoming Events / New Business Action Items Minutes prepared from the supplied audio transcript. Some sections were conversational and overlapping; numbers andContinue Reading

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Your Current Club Officers and Chairmen Nominations Nominations for Club Officers will open at our September Club Meeting. Each year ALL club leadership positions are open to any Club Members in good standing. If you want to nominate someone but unable to attend please inform one of our current Officers;Continue Reading

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Spirits RC Flying Club Meeting @ Bob Gizzie Field Meeting called to order @ 6:53pm Secretary’s Report – Stephen Adams Stephen Adams, Minutes from June meeting posted to the web. Accepted Membership Report – Greg Tesson Current member count is 122. Up from last year this time at 119. RCContinue Reading

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That’s right, Bart Asher has done another amazing job putting together this RC Jet Fly-In. This event has been advertised widely, is AMA sanctioned and we expect a large turn out of spectators and pilots. Bart has arranged for multiple prizes and raffles to be handed out over the dayContinue Reading

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The racing season continued with our third pylon racing event of 2026, held on July 18th.  Big props to our first time CD for the event, Michael Graves! Special shout outs to our volunteers Ryan Jones, Alvin Slatton and his wife, Ed Morrison, Curt McIntyre and quick CD stand-in by SteveContinue Reading

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Meeting started at 7:03 with 17 members signed in. Minutes were taken by Paul Geders as Stephen Adams was on vacation. New signs were shown to the members. Continued discussion on ability to get cameras at the field on web-site.          Will deposit $15,000 in fund.•         New BusinessContinue Reading

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The racing season continued with our second pylon racing event of 2026, held on June 20th.  The weather was beautiful and the field looked terrific! Everyone shout out to our volunteers that make these events work! Ryan Jones, Kevin Mayden, Chris Webb, Ed Morrison, Curt McIntyre and Steve Pokorny – THANKContinue Reading

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Please be aware that the Spirits of St Louis RC Flying Club is ahead of the curve on the many airspace changes taking place nationally and locally. On a national level, any aircraft over 250g (about 8 ounces) must bear, on its exterior, a FAA Registration number. This is theContinue Reading

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The racing season has started with our first event held on May 30th.  The race was originally scheduled for May 16th but was moved due to weather and the CAP cadet event held the following weekend.   The racing went well and we had our first event with the 50mm EDF class. There wereContinue Reading

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Well  on the 23rd of May the club hosted the Cadets from a local C.A.P. troop.  We were giving flying lessons to all cadets who want them.  There were 18 Cadets who registered with us. There were 4 instructor pilots.  Dave Harrington set this up. I found that Dave holdContinue Reading