Military Helicopter training in the UK is based at RAF Shawbury and utilises Relief Landing Grounds at Tern Hill, Sleap, Chetwynd and Nesscliffe.
Sleap (pronounced "Slape") is an ex-Royal Air Force airfield, which was opened in April 1943, and used by RAF advanced flying training units. Initially it was the base for No. 81 Operational Training Unit RAF (81 OTU) within No. 93 Group RAF (93 Gp) of RAF Bomber Command equipped with Armstrong Whitworth Whitley bomber aircraft.
From 1 January 1944 Sleap was assigned to No.38 Group RAF. 81 OTU's Armstrong-Whitworth Whitleys towed Airspeed Horsa heavy troop-carrying gliders on training missions; the Horsas making practice formation landings at RAF Sleap to simulate attacks in enemy territory. Vickers Wellingtons replaced the Whitleys from November 1944 and by January 1945 the strength was 51 Wellington T.Xs, used to train Transport Command air-crew. The RAF finally released Sleap in 1964, but the location is still used as a relief airfield by nearby RAF Shawbury for Juno and Jupiter aircraft from the DHFS as part of the UKMFTS.
The Shropshire Aero Club members' bar (also a cafe open to the public) at Sleap is named Eric Lock Lounge after Bayston Hill born Flight Lieutenant Eric Lock the World War II Battle of Britain pilot who was the highest scoring British-born pilot with sixteen and a half victories during the epic battle.[3] There is also the Wartime Aircraft Recovery Group museum open at weekends.
To install the scenery, unzip the "Zip" file and place the scenery folder into your Community folder.
To see all the objects you will need all the Asobo airfields, plus the Library files I identify in the screenshot.
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Thanks for doing Sleap Tag21
I should point out that EGCV is home of Shropshire Aero Club and that a lot of light aircraft activity, including training takes place there: IMO although halicopter training occurs there its primary use is by Shropshire aero club.
Please consider removing that ugly beacon and tower which does not exist in RL
If you need any photos let me know, I fly from Sleap regularly.
I have just visited your Sleap and I'm sorry to say I will be deleting it. Because of the "mountain" the scenery is impossible to use as a light aircraft airfield.
I don't know what you've done to create the mountain because it doesn't exist in the default sim nor in real life.
If you manage to get the topography sorted (I hopw you do) in an update I will reinstall.
2 years ago
viper6
Thank you for working on Sleap! Its great to see development of airfields in Shropshire and midlands area.
The slope / gradient of the airfield has significantly changed for the worse in this update. Could you please look into this as it makes it unusable as its so significant.
Thanks in advance.
2 years ago
I noticed this on the first compile of the airfield and attempted a fix using "flatten", then tried deleting the runways. This is an SDK issue that can only be adjusted by doing a complete re-build of the airfield. On reflection, I decided that it was livable with, especially as the scenery is primarily for use as a helicopter training area.
2 years ago
Tag21
v433
Wow!, I new they had a lot of hangars here, but your scenery shows the true extent.
Always a great admirer of your work - thanks for sharing it.
2 years ago
Thanks for your comment. Glad you like it.
2 years ago
Tag21
ezwingman