Home page for the Lafayette Esquadrille Control Line club based in St Louis, MO
Santa was in Town!
St Louis County Parks information
We are an AMA Chartered Club #702
Meramec River Level
We Fly Control Line Stunt, Scale, Balloon Bust, Fox 35 speed, Carrier, Speed and Perky Speed CL models
click here for the engine run-up stand plans – RUN-UP-STAND-NORMAL
Club Meetings have been moved to O’fallon MO due daylight savings time
2024 Meetings – Jan 11 Feb 8 March 14 April 11 May 9 June 13
We fly at Buder Park and have club meetings each month
Gus Vogele’s Bi-slob
Gus Vogele with 1/2a racers
This picture was taken after the square pad was re-surfaced
2024 Buder Park passes will be issued by St Louis County – Website link TBD
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2024 Contest / Event Schedule
Feb 25 – ICE-O-LATED CL Stunt & Speed
May 18-19 – Midwest CL Speed
June 1 – CL Fun Fly
Sept 21-22 – Broken Arrow CL Stunt & Scale
Sept 26-27 – USA F2A World Cup (CL Speed)
Sept 28-29 – Canada F2A World Cup (CL Speed)
Oct 5-6 – Ringmaster Fly-A-Thon (any Ringmaster can be flown)
Oct 27 – Turkey Shoot (one .35 powered model flown in three events)
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Click here of for the Fox 35 Stunt Speed Rules – fox-35-rules-feb-2017
Dec 2015 – Buder Park Flood pictures
Read how Buder Park was created in 1960 – buder-park-american-modeler-sept-1961
New to the St Louis area? – Follow this link to find stores and roads around the Buder Park area
Buder Park – Maps and Directions Rev B
these pictures are from Lou Matustik’s collection and show the Fort and the area that became the square pad
Charlie Reeves is the person on the right side of this picture
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Web Master: Fred Cronenwett, clscale7@gmail.com