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How dare youCarter pulled out at the last minute due to a 're-arranged family event'. However, a message from his personal assistant seemed a less than courteous way to do this.
KIACC, Paul Carter Manston 
Manston a.k.a. Kent International Airport is an ex-RAF base in north-east Kent, just west of Ramsgate. It passed from the RAF to Wiggins, then PlaneStation, owners of EUJet (a budget passenger airline). EUJet went bust, and in August 2005 the administrators sold Manston to Infratil, a New Zealand-based multi-national infrastructure investor.
Canterbury, Forecast, Freight, Herne Bay, KIACC, MasterPlan, Noise, Nutshell, Ramsgate, S106, Whitstable 
Hours' worth of minutesDear reader, this is how some of us frittered our lives. There's plenty to pick over here, all comments welcome. I've added paragraph numbering for ease of reference and some comments (original version on TDC's website HERE). Council Officer in charge of the AWP: Charles Hungwe.
Brian White, Complaints, Employment, Herne Bay, KIACC, MasterPlan, Matt Clarke, Mike Harrison, Paul Twyman, Ramsgate, S106 
An independent group set up to advise on the development of Manston airport has said no to more night flights. Kent International Airport Consultative Committee chairman Paul Twyman told a meeting of Thanet council’s airport working group that while there should be a balance of “economic and environmental interests”, he was against changing current night policy.
KIACC, Mike Harrison, Paul Twyman Infratil, Manston, Night flights, TDC 
BAWC, Brian White, David Green, Flight path, KIACC, Mike Harrison, Noise, Paul Twyman, S106 Infratil, Manston, Night flights, TDC 
The KIACC Chairman (Paul Twyman) will take Members through the broad disadvantages and benefits of this subject, covering as many of the associated environmental and economic factors as possible. There are then five main groups of issues to consider.
Infratil, Manston, Night flights 
The TDC Airport Working Party will be there. Infratil will be there. The Airport Consultative Committee will be there. The general public will be there. A rare chance to see them all in the same place at the same time. The mind boggles! There's even the possibility that something useful may come out of it.
KIACC, Matt Clarke, Paul Twyman Infratil, Manston, Night flights, TDC 
Telling it like it isn'tFollowing the horrifying revelation that one of our elected representatives has been misrepresenting us, I have unleashed the merciless Mrs Earplugs. Blessed with eternal youth, bionic implants and the ability to kick-box without scuffing her Manolo Blahnik's, Mrs E now has the bit firmly between her razor-sharp teeth. We're not at DefCon 5 (unbridled bloodlust), but she's getting that restless, questing look in her eyes.
CCC, Herne Bay, Julian Brazier MP, KCC, KIACC, Louise Ellman MP, Paul Carter, Ramsgate, Roger Gale MP, S106 Julian Brazier MP, KCC, KIACC, MORI, Paul Twyman "Members suggested the need to communicate and establish a working relationship with the Kent International Airport Consultative Committee (KIACC)."
Thanet District Council's Airport Working Group minutes, 27th Feb 2009
Great idea, guys. It's never too late.CCC, KIACC, Paul Twyman, Roger Gale MP, Vince McMahan "It is now public knowledge that BAWC have pulled out of their negotiations with Infratil. PLEASE don't let the issue of planes over Herne Bay drop off your radar. It is as important as ever, just temporarily less urgent..."
Well, we went, we saw, but I'm not sure we've conquered quite yet. Everyone paid attention when we gave our speeches, no booing, no rotten tomatoes - excellent behaviour.
CCC, HBAMP, KIACC, Paul Twyman, Ron Flaherty Kent International Airport has been without radar following a lightning strike in May. Vital air traffic control equipment at the former RAF Battle of Britain base at Manston, was knocked out during a major thunderstorm and won't be replaced until the end of the year. At the moment jumbo jet pilots are using their eyes to get onto Britain's longest runway but neighbouring residents are worried.
Airport planners have been accused of using out of date facts to ground Manston's chances of easing the looming capacity crisis. They dismissed Thanet's aviation jewel in a couple of paragraphs in the SERAS report that included a controversial airport at Cliffe marshes in a list of options.
But Wiggins Group has told the Government that its advisers overlooked the huge potential of Manston. In its official response to an inquiry into the future development of air transport, Wiggins said the consultants only visited the airport in 1999. Wiggins claimed they took no account of the expert study by Arthur D Little in 2001 suggesting that Manston had the potential to grow into a "sizeable" airport.
Manston 
