Welcome to Shropshire Aero Club! We are a warm and friendly flying club set in the stunning Shropshire countryside. We are located at Sleap Aerodrome, an ex RAF WWII airfield just 8 miles north of the beautiful medieval town of Shrewsbury.
Overhead Sleap Aerodrome
Sleap Aerodrome is equipped for night flying with threshold lighting, runway edge lighting and LITAS on runway 23/05.
AVGAS and JET A1 are both available at very competitive prices. Please contact us for details
Maybe it's your lifetime ambition or career choice, or maybe a 1hr Gift Lesson, our friendly, professional instructors will guide you through your training.
Web cam from Sleap Tower.
Updated: 03 Sep 2010 at 05:14 am
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The flying club operates seven days a week from two licensed and one unlicensed tarmac runway and an unlicensed high quality grass strip running east of and parallel to runway 23/05 which is maintained throughout the summer.
Shropshire Aero Club offers flying instruction for JAR PPL, NPPL, IMC, Night and Aerobatics courses.
The Golding Barrett aerobatic competition was held at Sleap on 4th and 5th June. For a full report and pics click here.
Coming Soon LOOP Aerobatic Beginners Day! 24 July 2010
This Pipersport demonstrator was at Sleap for the Bank Holiday weekend. Could it be a Cessna 152 replacement? Many people took a flight and so far opinions are positive.
Bringing together the Club’s newly qualified pilots to be presented their wings by World War II heroes really proved to be an exceptional and historical evening.
Doing the honours Lto R:
Allen Scott D.F.M.
Roy Dolton, President SAC
John Trotman D.F.C. & Bar . Ron Smyth D.F.C Click Here for the full story.
On 13th April Tim Mason was our first member to have successfully completed the AOPA aerobatics course in our Slingsby Aerobatic Trainer
G-OPUB... I bet he did!
The Slingsby Firefly T67 is used for pre-training fast jet pilots. SAC members can hire for Aerobatic Trial flights & training and preparation for competitions.
On Sat 5th Sept Avro Vulcan G-VLCN XH558 graced Sleap with a couple of fly pasts at very low level on his way from displaying at Hawarden.
More info: vulcantothesky.org
This German registered Remos demonstrator aircraft caused much interest at Sleap on Wednesday. Could it be a Cessna 152 replacement?
This nice 1943 Harvard III is a regular at Sleap. The first Harvard trainer flew in 1935 and many remained in service until 1966 with more than 40 airforces round the world.
The Vampire at Sleap on 31st Aug attracted loads to view & some had a great flight in this beautiful historic jet! Fixing the front Oleo, SAC President Roy Dolton enjoys an unusual ride!
We welcome many visitors to Sleap but this summer has seen some well-known faces. At the end of June, Top Gear presenter James May stopped over on his way to Oswestry.
Dudley legend Lenny Henry enjoyed the warm and friendly club atmosphere on a July weekend when Ron Lewis offered to fly Lenny to an appointment at Elstree.
This was the first flying day organised British Disabled Flying Assoc. and the specially adapted aircraft was perfect. Everyone had fantastic flights. Welcome back anytime!
Sleap car park usually has a few Jags & Mercs scattered about; so the arrival of the Trotter-mobile raised smiles. Del was probably in the Cafe claiming he had a PPL!
