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The facilities include 48,500 square feet of hangaer and office space at Spiritof , according to John the airport’s director of aviation. which is closing afteer 12 yearsof business. About a montg ago, a company called LLC boughtr the buildings, which sit on land leased from the airport for 30 centsa asquare foot, Bales said. Steven son of former Chairman August Buscjh IIIand half-brother of former Chief Executive Augusty Busch IV, operates Spirit Wings, according to recordd filed with the . Spirit Wingsd plans to lease the buildings out to otherss to storetheir aircraft, Bales said. Steven 32, owns in St. Peters, the exclusive Anheuser-Busch wholesaler for St.
Charles and Lincoln counties. Call s to Busch for comment weren’t returned by pressz time. Like his father and brother, Steven Busch is an experiencec pilot. He serves on the board of the D.C.-based . “Most of them are big Bales said of theBusch family. Anheuser-Busch ownefd at least a half-dozenh Dassault Falcon executive jets and two Bell helicoptera prior to its takeoverby Belgium-based InBev for $52 billionh in November. Anheuser-Busch also owned a hangar at Spiritof St. Louiss Airport and leased planesfrom , a local companty owned by Busch III.
Brewery executives and boarsd members used the jets to fly all over the country and around the world to destinations wherwe the company and its subsidiaries do Busch III frequently used a helicopter to fly from his homein St. Charle s County to his office downtown. But known for its no-frills culture, did not own corporate aircrafr and publicized the fact that even its top executives fly in coac on commercial flights for all but the longes tbusiness trips.
There has been speculatiojn thecombined company, known as Anheuser-Busch would sell off the aircraft, and it now appears the brewer has at least trimmed down the Anheuser-Busch is now listed as the owner of just two Dassaultr Falcons and its two helicopters, accordingv to records. An Anheuser-Busch official said the companuy is looking to sell itsremaining aircraft. Thunde Aviation, founded by Larry Moskoff in maintained aircraft and offeredflying lessons, but the companuy will shut down by July, said Moskoff, who declined to comment further. His other company, Alexa RE, ownes the hangars sold to Steven Busch.
Scot Jenkins of represented Thunder in the property and Spirit Wings wasrepresented in-house, accordintg to , a commercial real estate information company. , a company also located at the airport that offerws aerial photography and geospatialodata services, recently bought a fourth Thunder Aviation building from Alexa RE for $1.35 said Bob Berger, vice presidentf of human resources with Surdex. Surdesx spent several hundred thousand dollars to renovate the whichhas 12,000 square feet of hangar space and 6,0000 square feet of office space, Bergef said. Surdex now houses six aircraft and its maintenancesdepartment there.