PIK

[Bearsden]

Supply > Demand

eg Marseille £25.98 return over the next few weeks

[Clive]

Update on PIK Spaceport:

https://simpleflying.com/astraius-presw ... ch-update/

[Bearsden]

Update on PIK Spaceport:

https://simpleflying.com/astraius-presw ... ch-update/

It just reads like regurgiated old news, albeit updated to say Virgin Orbit went bust

It is a long way off, if it ever happens

[Clive]

Interest in the purchase of PIK but currently no going offers on the table.

https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/235 ... ers-table/

[Paris]

Passed PIK earlier today… Looked like a Parking Lot for heavy US Cargo units (I don’t know what type [high tail fins]) … Lost count of how many.

[Clive]

Passed PIK earlier today… Looked like a Parking Lot for heavy US Cargo units (I don’t know what type [high tail planes]) … Lost count of how many.

USAF C-17’s which pass through all the tine but apparently there’s loads just now staging through from an exercise in Germany.

[Bearsden]

In the early hours this morning there were (USAF) 12 C-17As, 2 C-130Js & 2 KC-135s as well as (RCAF) 2 CC-130Js, 1 CC-150 & 1 CC-177 on the airfield with the 18-off westbound Warthogs arriving later in the day

Exercise Air Defender 2023

[Clive]

In the early hours this morning there were (USAF) 12 C-17As, 2 C-130Js & 2 KC-135s as well as (RCAF) 2 CC-130Js, 1 CC-150 & 1 CC-177 on the airfield with the 18-off westbound Warthogs arriving later in the day

Exercise Air Defender 2023

Kerching!

[Bearsden]

In the early hours this morning there were (USAF) 12 C-17As, 2 C-130Js & 2 KC-135s as well as (RCAF) 2 CC-130Js, 1 CC-150 & 1 CC-177 on the airfield with the 18-off westbound Warthogs arriving later in the day

Exercise Air Defender 2023

Kerching!

Absolutely, and not just into the airport coffers but surrounding economy (accommodation, restaurants, hire cars/vans, hire portacabins etc)

[Paris]

In the early hours this morning there were (USAF) 12 C-17As, 2 C-130Js & 2 KC-135s as well as (RCAF) 2 CC-130Js, 1 CC-150 & 1 CC-177 on the airfield with the 18-off westbound Warthogs arriving later in the day

Exercise Air Defender 2023

Lost count of the wee Warthog thingys that have just flown over my head as I type.