Some have asked about the recent activities at Point Mugu regarding the reasons for the 'Janet' Beech trips that go via Oxnard to San Nicolas Island.
I can't profess to understand this but the CALP (Civil Aircraft Landing Program) states companies that are permitted to land at military facilities. This is also a rather good guide to the umbrella organisations for various nefarious activities undertaken by pseudo-civilian aircraft and a Google or two turns up the most interesting companies.
I'll sort out the links properly later but
CALP listing
is a good start as it shows Lincoln Labs
strangely the latest one that I can turn up (thanks for the tipoff G)
CALP Jan-2004 listing
doesn't include Lincoln Labs
Anyhow there's hours of fun here....if you're just starting out as a Fox Mulder-type person, do a search on the companies listed as 'worldwide'. All sorts of interesting stuff; I'm just curious why it's all in the public domain. Presumably because civil aircraft can be more stealthy than a military aircraft?
The point is that EG&G or whatever the Janets are controlled by don't seem to participate so maybe that's why they stick to nice civilian airports like Oxnard rather than Point Mugu. They carry on to San Nic anyway but for some reason Point Mugu is OK for N105TB but not for the Janet Beech fleet.
I can't profess to understand this but the CALP (Civil Aircraft Landing Program) states companies that are permitted to land at military facilities. This is also a rather good guide to the umbrella organisations for various nefarious activities undertaken by pseudo-civilian aircraft and a Google or two turns up the most interesting companies.
I'll sort out the links properly later but
CALP listing
is a good start as it shows Lincoln Labs
strangely the latest one that I can turn up (thanks for the tipoff G)
CALP Jan-2004 listing
doesn't include Lincoln Labs
Anyhow there's hours of fun here....if you're just starting out as a Fox Mulder-type person, do a search on the companies listed as 'worldwide'. All sorts of interesting stuff; I'm just curious why it's all in the public domain. Presumably because civil aircraft can be more stealthy than a military aircraft?
The point is that EG&G or whatever the Janets are controlled by don't seem to participate so maybe that's why they stick to nice civilian airports like Oxnard rather than Point Mugu. They carry on to San Nic anyway but for some reason Point Mugu is OK for N105TB but not for the Janet Beech fleet.
