Jeb Bush misses out on a copy of 'Flight Daily News'

One of the major advantages of my job, it would appear from today's experience, is that as I am based at Farnborough Station and not on the airshow site, when we run out of newspapers we really have run out, and we are not expected to go and help on the show site. Today for example, we ran out at about 10:15, so I was home by 10:30. Lets just hope this doesn't mean I get paid less, I am, after all, still officially off duty at 12.

It is fairly easy work, though one fraught moment occured this morning when a policeman shouted at me for standing in the wrong place - apparently Jeb Bush was coming through the station on his way to the aurshow(as in the american President's brother) and they wanted to clear the area. Understandable I guess, though who's to say bro Bush himself might not have wanted a copy of the day's airshow news? Though to be honest, I didn't recognise him when he did come through, I just saw somebody get into a smart limo and get driven away.

The rest of the day I did more bits and pieces towards the holiday club drama next week, and occasionally gazed at the sky as that big new airbus, or a mig or whatever flew over the house. We even got a brief flypast from the red arrows today, presumably opening the show, though they'll be back at the weekend, I expect.

I've said it once and I'll say it again:- how difficult it is not to sound like a planespotter during the airshow week...