[WingsOff]

Who decided Carbis Bay was a good idea? Is the estate owned by a friend of Raab, Hancock or de Pfeffel's?

[kanga]

..planning to land on the beach. Bare in mind ...

nudist beach ?

[Dominie]

It seems that the G7 will meet at Carbis Bay Hotel but will stay at the Tregenna Castle Hotel in St Ives. Just don't try to travel on the A3074 at the wrong time in June! The meeting is June 11th - 13th.

[Peter Gristwood]

Poor old Cornwall - tourism will be restricted for the period. Let's hope that the weather is cr*p for the period of the conference, so we don't lose any flying opportunities

[Bill McCarthy]

Wick airport runway 13/31 was reinforced and lengthened slightly at a cost of £8 million to take the Globemaster for the transfer of “Plut” from Dounreay to the USA. Unfortunately, the aircraft could not take off with a full load of fuel and had to top up at Lossiemouth before the crossing. It highly likely that it may close due to lack of traffic. Basically, local councillors want funds in order that empty domestic flights can continue. It’s cheaper to take a holiday for a week in Spain from Inverness than to take a flight Wick/ Aberdeen.

[IMCR]

Newquay airport is great and I have alwasy given it a great big thumbs up. I have flown there numerous times and always been looked after well. Its location is brilliant for all sorts of things and given the weather it is very useful to have full approach services.

Any investment is welcome, although we jest, and hopefully, as is often the case, we will see some run off benefits after the summit is long forgotten.

[ROG]

Mickw.
All the fault of cessna57--did you see his mention of Norwich earlier.
Most threads seem to drift--makes most more interesting--good practice for going into politics.

[Aeronca Alan]

That £7.8 million will likely go on a gold-plated lavatory. Thereafter Newquay's fantastic VVIP facility will be regularly used ... by the cleaner and the security bloke with the key.

[skydriller]

That money is for security considerations. End of.

[GrahamB]

That £7.8 million will likely go on a gold-plated lavatory. Thereafter Newquay's fantastic VVIP facility will be regularly used ... by the cleaner and the security bloke with the key.

I remember the official opening of our shiny new state-of-the-art factory by Princess Diana, which required not only the construction of a dedicated toilet facility, but also its complete destruction the second she left the site.

Needless to say, on the day she wasn’t caught short, so the value of the possible ‘mementos’ wasn’t that high anyway!

[Paul_Sengupta]

If the place has had a £7.8m taxpayer subsidy does that mean we should have free landings for the next few years?

[townleyc]

I am more interested in what the upgrades are. Will any be useful in the future?

KE

[skydriller]

I am more interested in what the upgrades are. Will any be useful in the future?

KE

I refer the gentleman to my earlier post :

That money is for security considerations. End of.

I fear that any upgrade will actually make said aerodrome less user-friendly in the future.