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Next time your out at the field, snap a few pictures and send them to: pictures@spiritsofstl.com Feel free to include a little description of who is in the image and some details about the plane, event, etc!Continue Reading

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As many of you know, getting the website modernized and secure has been a priority of mine since about this time last year. It has been a lot of work and long hours on the phone with India but I’m happy to say that we have accomplished the following inContinue Reading

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Having plenty of smoke fluid is NOT a problem now that my 5 gallons is in the house! Thanks Robart!!!! That should be about 60+ flights worth!Continue Reading

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June is Bustin’ Out All Over Monthly Meeting Minutes for June 9, 2020 By Ralph Doyle, Secretary President Ralph Grant: Zoom and meeting at the field called to order at 7:05pm. Four new members were attending the meeting for the first time. Welcome! Ralph Grant gave a detailed report onContinue Reading

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…Bring May Flowers Monthly Meeting Minutes for May 13, 2020 By Ralph Doyle, Secretary President Ralph Grant: Zoom meeting called to order at 7:10pm. Attendance:  14 members attended the meeting. Secretary’s report: Ralph Doyle, Secretary Motion made, seconded and voted to accept the April meeting minutes as published on theContinue Reading

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Monthly Meeting Minutes for April 14, 2020By Ralph Doyle, Secretary President Ralph Grant: The first ever virtual Zoom meeting called to order at 7:15pm. Attendance: 13 members attended the meeting. Secretary’s report:Ralph Doyle, Secretary Motion made, seconded and voted to accept the March meeting minutes as published on the Spirits webContinue Reading

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The Review: The Legacy Aviation Muscle Bipe is loosely based on the hot rodded and highly modified Waco UPF-7 flown by the late airshow legend Jimmy Franklin and known as the Mystery Ship. The Muscle Bipe is Extreme Flights tribute to Jimmy and to classic barnstormer airshow style aerobatics. ManyContinue Reading

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Look out for the Ides of March! Monthly Meeting Minutes for March 11, 2020 By Ralph Doyle, Secretary President Ralph Grant: Meeting called to order at 7:02pm by Ralph Grant. Attendance: 15 members attended the meeting that included a renewing member, John Bruno. Welcome him back. Secretary’s report:Ralph Doyle, Secretary MotionContinue Reading

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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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Thanks for all the votes from our members. Your Presidents Spitfire took 2nd place out of 756 entries! My Hobbysquawk call-sign is “2FewDaysatFlyingfield” and as you can see, we pretty much owned the LIFT and DRAG brackets! Ultimately the AL37 / AWAC modification by Joey Jorgenson ended up taking homeContinue Reading