THE Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership led a delegation to North America in support of its bid to establish a Spaceport at Cornwall Airport Newquay, with the leader of Cornwall Council and the Cornwall Councillor for North Petherwin and Launceston North, Cllr Adam Paynter among them.

The six-strong team flew out of Heathrow to Los Angeles on Sunday, October 1 for a series of meetings with potential investors and returned last Friday (October 6).

The LEP is leading Cornwall’s bid to establish Spaceport Cornwall across two sites at Cornwall Airport Newquay and Goonhilly Earth Station. Together they offer an unrivalled combination of horizontal launch, monitoring and tracking facilities.

The £30,000 cost of the trip, which included travel from Cornwall to London, flights to the United States of America, internal flights while there and all accommodation, was met by the LEP, which is core funded by central Government to promote economic development and job creation in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.