Welcome to the Spirits

At the meeting.....

Bill Leslie shows his recently repaired "Mini-Contender" after a minor encounter with the electric wires. Photo by: Bill Lindewirth

Jim Stegeman proudly displays his "Tower-Trainer" complete with flight box that the "Spirits" gave him to help him get started in flying R/C. The club has other planes availalbe to new members who are just getting started in the hobby. Attend the July 10th meeting for more details. Photo by: Bill Lindewirth

After several months of editing, sorting and mega-pixel crunching, the 'Spirit's Gallery" has been completely updated and ready for viewing. There are over 200 galleries and over 1,000 pictures to enjoy.

"Tracking the Internation Space Station........."

Real time tracking of the ISS as well as many other satellites currently orbiting Earth

There is also a link to real time audio and video from the "ISS"

Real time satellite tracking

"Fly the friendly crowded skies of......."

This is for real, not to mention "scary"! At almost any given time through out the day there are thousands of aircraft flying above the United States and Canada. This screen print was taken on 1/29/14 at 10:45 CST. Count them if you must, but the data listed at the time of this screen print was 6,503 aircraft aloft.

Click the following link: www.flightradar24.com Place your mouse above any active aircraft. Click the aircraft icon for the complete inflight details.

I doubt if "Wilbur and Orville" every dreamed it would come to this.

What's special about the Spirits of St. Louis R/C Flying Club

The Spirits’ field is ~12 acres of fun surrounded by farm fields and blue skies. Our amenities include a 600’ asphalt runway, paved taxiways, a 24’ x 36’ pavilion with ceiling fans, run-up tables, picnic tables, helipad, electricity along the flight line, gravel parking lot and restroom. The grass is commercially mowed to a height suitable for most planes. From micro to GIANT scale; airplane, helicopter, control line or sailplane, electric, nitro or gas, Spirits of St. Louis R/C Flying Club, Inc. is the Best Flying Site in the area.

The Spirits flying field is located at 73 Amrein Road, St. Charles, MO 63303 Lat. 38.702006, Long. -90.577898

Use your GPS, look us up in MapQuest or Google Maps, or click here to go to our Directions page.

At the left you find a series of quick links to various areas, explore have fun, and please let us have your feedback. Send any comments to the Webmaster.

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Hahnweide Old Timers Fly In and Airshow 08-09-2013

Thanks to Vic Bunze for sharing this link to some very impressive photos featuring some rarely seen aircraft.

24 Hour Live Commercial Air Traffic Tracking

Thank you to Dale Buchanan for finding this interesting and useful link. You can see aircraft positions from all over the world. Check it Out! There is a permanent Link on the bottom left of the home page.

Collection of Interesting Things page

It is a very interesting collection of RC aviation, WWII aviation, full scale aviation, tips, processes, procedures and unlimited enjoyment. We at Spirits urge you to take a look at this collection and marvel at the aviation information herein. Continually updated.

The Spirits' is a private non-for-profit radio control flying club located in St. Charles, Missouri. Visitors are always welcome as spectators and pilots. You must be a current AMA member to fly at our field. If you are just getting into the hobby or been flying for a while, give us a test flight. We think you will be happy with our club

Please take time to explore our site through the tabs and embedded links to learn more about our hobby and our organization.

Spectators Always Welcome!

Flying daily from 9 AM until Dark. Come and watch our members fly and enjoy our private park.

Click here for directions to the Spirits.

Photo by Walt Wilson

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Click on the Image below for a link to a video produced by the St. Louis Higher Education Channel about the Spirits. The video is called, "It's A St. Louis Thing: R/C Airplanes...(Really Cool Airplanes)". Produced by Aaron Mermelstein from footage gathered at our field during the 2012 Open House.

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Membership

Our club is open to anyone interested in R/C flying. AMA members may fly up to 4 times as a guest before membership is required. Membership is annual and runs from Jan. 1 thru Dec. 31 each year.

Check out the membership tab above for more details.

Events

The Spirits conduct many R/C flying events every year. Events are open to all Spirits' Members, and many are open to anyone with an current AMA card may attend. See our Events Page for more details.

Directions

73 Amrein Road, St. Charles, MO 63303 Lat. 38.702006, Long. -90.577898

From Hwy 94 & Jungs Station (10 minutes) - SOUTH on Jungs Station (it crosses the Katy Trail and turns into Greens Bottom Rd.), turn LEFT on Amrein Rd. (just past the stop sign) we are about 0.6 miles down Amrein Rd. on your RIGHT.

From Hwy 94 & Kisker Rd.(10 minutes) - SOUTH on Kisker to Towers, LEFT on Towers, (just before Pitman Hill) RIGHT on Caulks Hill, RIGHT on Greens Bottom Rd., turn LEFT on to Amrein Rd., we are about 0.6 miles down Amrein Rd. on your RIGHT.