Welshpool - please read on for the truth
Most of what is reported above is pure rubbish.
WWW - Welshpool is most definitely NOT 'windswept and abandoned'. We are up and running, and are fully licensed again, with both fixed wing and rotary schools operating from here.
The rotary school, Whizzard Helicopters, also offers commercial as well as private training, plus pleasure trips and charter.
We have NEVER closed, (as has been suggested by various posts on this forum); simply, the airport was quieter for a while after the departure of Pool Aviation, but ALWAYS operational.
For all of you out there; please do come and visit us - we are especially busy at the weekends, with the bacon butties again on offer!
Ps. The reason I know all this to be of the utmost accuracy is because I run the fixed wing flying school, which is now officially open.
Daifly: Yes, we have moved on, and yes, the URL you have supplied is the correct one for the new website - thank you for that.
I will close by saying this: Come and check us out for yourselves - don't listen to the rumours circulating on this thread. Also, if any ex instructor fancies working from here again on a freelance basis, come and talk to me - can't promise anything definite until I've met you, but feel free to contact me anyway.