Spirits of St. Louis R/C Flying Club

From the Czech Republic! Great model!

Had fun with my buddy Dustin doing the Engine run-up and smoke test in the front yard like a couple of aviation Rednecks! The Pitts is a beast. Engine is tuned and solid. Maiden next weekend. It’s supposed to be 50+ degrees. Smoke On!!!!

https://youtu.be/EYGHpMxyWxM

On this day: December 11th 1941; American John Gillespie Magee, Jr., 412 (Fighter) Squadron, RCAF, is killed at the age of 19 in a mid-air collision...less than two weeks after writing the famous poem "High Flight"

I find going to electric to be highly illogical! All the NIB's are on the bottom 2 shelves. There are 5 shelves to this cabinet.

According to legend, each time the squadron lost one of its members, the pilot would play the piano as a tribute to his fellow fallen airmen. Then came a day when the piano playing pilot himself failed to return from a mission, and there was...read more: