Field Pictures

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Directions to the Flying Field
   
    From Hwy 70 west, take Exit 200 and turn north. Take the North Service road east .2 mi.
   Turn left (north) on Hwy J.  Travel 1 mile to Godt Rd. Turn Left (west), follow Godt .7 mi. bear to your right.
 

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Flying Field Regulations

FIELD  RULES

1.   Flying at Wright Flyers Field is for members only, except that guests of members are allowed subject
to Paragraph 5, below.
2.   Use of our field for flying has been granted by agreement with the Missouri Department of Natural
Resources.  Please observe the rules and keep the area clean.
3.   During periods of field maintenance and grass mowing, the runway is closed. No flying will be permitted
until the mowing or maintenance crew has opened the field for flying.

4.   No alcoholic beverages are allowed at the flying field. No flying will be permitted if alcoholic beverages
have been used before flying.  

5.   Guest flying: A total of six visits per year is the limit for a guest pilot. All guests must be accompanied by
a club member.
6.   Children must be closely supervised at all times. Children and other spectators must remain behind an
invisible line which is behind the pit area and extends parallel to the runway for the full length of the field.  An
exception is permitted for spectators who are escorted in the pit area by a club member.
7.   Animals brought to the field by spectators or modelers must be restrained at all times.
8.   To prevent damage to the grass in the pit area, a positive means (i.e., catch bottle or equivalent) of preventing
fuel spills is required.
9.   Student pilots enrolled in the AMA Introductory Pilot Program may fly at the field under the supervision of an
Instructor Pilot for up to 90 consecutive days from the trainee's first training flight. Thereafter, the trainee must join
the AMA and the Wright Flyers Club to continue to fly at the field.
10. When requested by a club Instructor Pilot, other pilots shall stay grounded during Introductory Pilot Training
flights.

FLYING RULES

1.   Do not operate your model aircraft in a manner that endangers the safety of the national airspace system.
2.   Follow the safety guidelines of the AMA Safety Code.
3.   Give way to and do not interfere with manned aircraft.
4.   Keep your aircraft within the visual line of sight, or use a visual observer who is co-located (physically next to)
and in direct communication with you.
5.   Fly below 1200 feet above ground level during the day and below 400 feet after sunset.
6.   Keep your aircraft within the boundaries of the FRIA.
7.   No more than three planes are allowed in the air at a time, unless all pilots of the three aircraft already in the air
agree to additional planes joining them.
8.   Pilots using 72 MHz transmitters are responsible for communicating with other pilots before turning on their
transmitter to ensure no one is using that transmitter's channel.   In the event of a shared channel, affected transmitters
shall remain off unless a user has obtained consent to turn on their transmitter from other individuals using that channel.
9.   Pilots shall be prepared to show club identification if asked.
10. Careless, reckless and/or dangerous flying as determined by any two or more club members shall not be permitted.
Do not hesitate to express your concerns to fellow pilots regarding their flying if it bothers you.
11. All engines must have a muffler or an effective silencer. All planes must not exceed 100db noise level at 9 feet on
grass. If not, the plane must not fly until it has met this requirement.
12. No internal combustion engine operation before 8:30 AM. Electric motors may be run beginning at sunrise.

13. No internal combustion engine operation after sunset, and no flying of any kind is permitted between
11:00 PM and sunrise the next day.