National Fun-Fly is on the Calendar!
Lets do a roadtrip! I’ve been a life member of the AMA for eons and I have NEVER been to the national flying site or the AMA museum. Lets get a crew together and go check it out!!!! If you want to pre-register before June 1st, you get a freeContinue Reading
February 2022 Meeting Minutes
Make sure you check out the video links in the second page of the minutes for some indoor flying action like the video below.Continue Reading
Trailer Part 3
Hope everyone is staying inside, safe and warm today. In this installment I intend to answer a few questions raised at club meetings and point out remaining details. There is some polishing to do in the spring but the hard part is done and I am looking forward to usingContinue Reading
January 2022 Meeting Minutes
Man-O-War: Warbird Wednesday
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
The Revlution – Rich Taylor’s Quickie Cruiser
Rich debuted his new airplane at the last meeting which is a Mike Del Ponte designed Quickie 500 named “Revlution”, not to be confused with a Revolution! Rich scored it from Steve Collins and built it to be electric for cruising around. Paul Geders covered it for him in CreamContinue Reading
Frozen Fingers Flying
There are a few Spirits Members that aren’t candy-asses! Do rain, wind, and cold temperatures get you excited to fly? Are you enticed by the temptation of Chili, Donuts, Coffee and Spirits Member Fellowship? Well apparently the answer to both of those questions is NO for the majority of theContinue Reading
Mark Twain Has Night Vapors!
According to Spirits own Paul Geders, Mark Twain Hobbies has BIND AND FLY Night Vapors in the store for $106.85 with Tax including your Spirits of St. Louis Discount of 10%. You’ll need a Spektrum radio to fly it. GET ‘EM for the February 8th indoor fly/meeting BEFORE THEY AREContinue Reading
Yes…and Trailers
Started with a good broom, applying Kilz to the stains, removing the wall panels, adding insulation and a coat of white paint brought near life to the trailer. All the while considering how I want to store, stack, hang, secure, etc my planes. I am prone to overthinking things, lookingContinue Reading
Wayne’s Taylorcraft Cover Project
Waynes must have run out of balsa kits because he’s looking around the shop for things to do. Next Victim, the Ace 1/4 scale clipped wing Taylorcraft. Basic framing was done by Paul Habel in the 90’s. He pulled it off the ceiling where it had been hanging since 1993Continue Reading
December 2021 Meeting Minutes
Special thanks to Steve Pokorny for being gracious enough to host the Club at the December Meeting at his awesome home. Minutes from the meeting are below:Continue Reading
Eyesight, Airplanes and Trailers
Restarting into the hobby after years of inactivity. My year-in-review story.Continue Reading
Indoor Fly / Monthly Meeting: Mark Your Calendars Feb 8th, 2022
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
Christmas thoughts from the President
2021 is coming to a close, finally: I find myself sitting here as a pretty exhausted dude after the end of year marathon of 17 straight weeks of travel and 60+ hour work weeks. Its finally coming to an end after what has been another crazy year. The pandemic obiouslyContinue Reading
Santa’s Little Helper – Brian Gilmer
Spirits own Elf Brian Gilmer has been busy in Santa’s Woodshop building some flight tables to replace the slowy deteriorating polymer tables out at the field. Brian has been using some wood that he has access to so the only investment by the club is for hardware and for paint.Continue Reading









