Written by Fred Cronenwett
Spirit of St. Louis USA World Cup and 2017 Speed Cup of Canada
Event coverage
As seen in the September 2018 issue of Model Aviation.
Control Line (CL) Speed has one goal and that is to fly as fast as possible. Many types of CL Speed events are flown, but there is one competition that makes people look twice because of how fast the models fly and how they are configured.
On October 5-8, 2017, the Lafayette Esquadrille CL Club in St. Louis hosted the Spirit of St. Louis USA World Cup and the 2017 Speed Cup of Canada for F2A CL Speed following the…