ROTATE – The SLRCFA Newsletter December 2025

SLRCFA New Year’s Day “First Flight of the Year”

Kick off 2026 with our annual New Year's Day Fly-In! Join us on January 1, 2026 around 9:30 AM for a day of aviation fun.

Members: We’ll hold a drawing for the honor of the first flight of the year. Afterwards, everyone is invited to take to the air—brave the chill and experience the thrill of flying on the first day of the new year!

Guests of members and spectators are encouraged to join us.

SLRCFA Christmas Party

The 2025 SLRCFA Christmas Party was held at The Timbers in Eureka on December 11.

In addition to a catered dinner, attendees connected with fellow club members and enjoyed good-natured fun during the White Elephant Gift Exchange.

Congratulations to the following members:

• Scott Maier – President’s Exceptional Volunteerism Award (for Scott’s contributions to the Club’s Flying events)
• Thomas Arrighi – President’s Above and Beyond Award (for Tom’s initiative in replacing the Field Charging Table with a slick new design)
• Donald Nelson – President’s Outlet Guru Award (for Don’s initiative in installing new power strips for the charging table)
• Kolten Spies and Douglas Brewer – 2025 Rookies of the Year
• James Speelman – Winner of Spektrum NX20 Transmitter Raffle

The Club also raised $165 for the Eureka Food Pantry.

Meet Your 2026 Board of Directors

The election for the 2026 SLRCFA Board of Directors concluded at the 2025 Christmas Party. Thank you to all members who voted!

2026 Board of Directors:

• Dennis Chivetta – President
• Jay Wilson – Vice President
• John DeLuca – Secretary
• Larry Collins – Treasurer
• Larry Leuchtmann – Director, QuickSTART Coordinator, & Webmaster
• Kurt Seiter – Director & Field Maintenance Supervisor
• Kerry Eisenbach – Director
• Mike Stellern – Director
• Tony Francik – Director
• Allan Main – Director
• Dave Bushek – Director
• Steven Corio – Director

Mark Your Calendars

• January Club Meeting – January 15 We plan to reinstate regular club meetings starting January 15 to discuss current issues affecting the club. More details coming soon!

• 2026 Spirit of St. Louis Airshow – June 6–7, 2026 SLRCFA has been invited to participate again. We will operate a display area, showcase our club and the RC hobby to the public, feature static displays of RC aircraft, and offer Real Flight Simulators for simulated RC flying.

  Volunteers are needed! Come support the club and the hobby, and stay to enjoy the airshow.

  For more information about SLRCFA’s display and volunteering, contact SLRCFAWebmaster@gmail.com. For airshow details and tickets: www.spirit-airshow.com

• 2026 Camp and Fly Date moved to June 13–14 to avoid conflicting with the Spirit of St. Louis Airshow.

• Jet Fly-In Scheduled for September 2–6.

Indoor Flying

Indoor flying resumes Friday, December 26 after a short Christmas break.

Join us every Friday at Eureka’s Central Baptist Church gymnasium, 6:00–9:00 PM. $5 per session

Safety Minute

Sometimes our best safety equipment are our eyes and voices. If you see a safety hazard or someone in harm’s way at the field, don’t hesitate to speak up or correct the situation.

We have a new Safety Officer for 2026: Please direct any safety issues to Steve Corio.

QuickStart

We are still looking for trainers for the 2026 season.

If you’re interested in participating in the QuickStart program as a trainer, please reach out to Larry Leuchtmann at SLRCFAWebmaster@gmail.com.

Have Something You’d Like To Add?

Have news to share with the club, interesting RC flying info, or a plane for sale? Let us know—we can publish it in the newsletter.

Send your submissions to SLRCFAWebmaster@gmail.com!