A quick trip to EGPF today, to drop off passengers for the Stanstead flight. A trip to London for them, For me a round trip to the Airport, however there was the operchancity to test out the all new Campsie Kitchen. A good cup of Coffee and an excellent “Roll n Sausage with Brown Sauce”, all for the princly sum of £2.50 – about a quid less than a cup of Coffee from any of the better known chains.

I’d rate the Campsie Kitchen as being up there, it’s the preferred nosh stop at the airport – need to check the opening hours and if the aircraft are in tune time visits accordingly.

I’m obviously not the only one that thinks it’s up there, they’ve had a complete makeover – new everything except the smilley attitude which didn’t need a change.

What else is new, well reading a book on the cold war spy flights – courtesy of Mr. Craig – a jolly interesting read it is too. This was sparked by finding a picture of RAF B-45’s, the same picture is actually in the book.

What’s happening at EGPK, not a lot at the moment – also the weather is crap for standing on the mound at the moment. An other update when I get the chance!

Well it was down to the mound at Prestwick today, just for a couple of hours for the last two A-29B’s on delivery to the Nigerian Air Force. The two that had been held up in Iceland, presumably as the Pink Panther was lying down – he was the one that had been sick and delayed the flight to Prestwick.

 There were probably close to a hundred spotters there when I arrived, nice to see that people will still make the effort for something different. Other stuff that was there was a couple of broken C-17’s, a Ryanair P7 and a 1/2, Cargolux lump and a Cessna Caravan II – along with the usual bits of wood.

After the A-29B’s arrived, there was an exodus of spotters, which was a good clue that the Splash ‘N’ Dash had turned into a nightstop. So after a quick chat with some of the other spotters, time for heading home.

What rumours from the mound, well it seems that there is to be a Boeing facility at Glasgow – more on that after I have a hunt for some info. There are to be two Squadrons of F-35’s at Lakenheath, this isn’t really news – but the information that the Squadrons will comprise 27 aircraft each is interesting.

Don’t know if this indicates that the F-35 is a hanger queen, or that the new size of the squadrons will be carried through to the others that will surely follow.