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Cruise Alt - sorry that your job is going. I spent a very happy 1999 teaching at Welshpool. It was for over 10 years a very successful and spectacularly cheap school and club. I am very saddened to see it go. I last flew from there at Christmas. I finished off my PPL there and started my professional career there. I will miss the luxury of a cheap flying club 1 mile from my home town. Best of luck to Adam in maintenance - I hope you find work asap.
Whilst I understand that Bob (the winner of the court case and farmer who owns the airfield ground) seeks to develop the airfield I cannot help but worry that the place will no longer have a flying school or club. Welshpool is just about the only GA airfield to have been newly built and operated in the last 20 years. The fact that it was a success - putting out a PPL a week on average in 1999 - makes its loss only more perplexing.
Its a shame to see a school with a good record, a healthy order book and a bright future being forced to close.
I only hope that the future of Welshpool airport is as bright as its first 11 years have been. I wish Bob the best of luck with the task.
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