It seems to be still aiming west for Groom although I didn't get a departure message this time; however i've found it
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Owner / Operator
Aircraft Type GLF2
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Flight Plan Received 01-30-2004 16:00
Status IN FLIGHT
Departure GRB AUSTIN STRAUBEL INTERNATIONAL, WI
Planned Alt 310
Planned Speed 0430
Planned Dep 01-30-2004 20:00
Actual Dep 01-30-2004 19:25
Arrival PUB PUEBLO MEMORIAL, CO
Last Visited
Planned Arrival 01-30-2004 22:45
Estimated Arrival 01-30-2004 22:10
Actual Arrival
Last Position 4258N 09305W
Speed 417
Altitude 310
Last Update 01-30-2004 20:00
Route GRB..FOD..LNK..GLD..PUB/0245
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curious...it's now going to Green Bay
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Aircraft ID N105TB
Aircraft Type GRUMMAN G-1159
Owner/Operator AIR FORCE MATERIAL COMMAND ESC/DIKL
5 EGLIN ST BLDG 1624
BEDFORD MASSACHUSETTS
Serial Number 31
Year Manufactured 1968
Certificate Issued 05/10/1993
Flight Plan Received 2004-01-30 15:51:38 from Boston
Departure BED LAURENCE G HANSCOM FLD, BEDFORD MA
Destination GRB AUSTIN STRAUBEL INTERNATIONAL, GREEN BAY WI
Status Planned
Planned Alt 31000 Feet
Planned Speed 430 kts.
Planned Dep 2004-01-30 16:30
Actual Dep
Planned Arrival 2004-01-30 19:30
Route BED..MHT..SYR..YWT..GRB/0300
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Our prey is off to Groom Lake for the weekend...unusual
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Aircraft ID N105TB
Aircraft Type GRUMMAN G-1159
Owner/Operator AIR FORCE MATERIAL COMMAND ESC/DIKL
5 EGLIN ST BLDG 1624
BEDFORD MASSACHUSETTS
Serial Number 31
Year Manufactured 1968
Certificate Issued 05/10/1993
Flight Plan Received 2004-01-30 11:36:12 from Boston
Departure BED LAURENCE G HANSCOM FLD, BEDFORD MA
Destination SPI CAPITAL, SPRINGFIELD IL
Status Planned
Planned Alt 31000 Feet
Planned Speed 430 kts.
Planned Dep 2004-01-30 12:30
Actual Dep
Planned Arrival 2004-01-30 15:30
Route BED..GLYDE..BAF..HNK..ETG..ROD..DNV..CAP..SPI/0300
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Message: 19
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 03:54:14 -0000
From: "gariac450"
Subject: A few Janet recordings near the TTR
N27RA
Janets on Nellis freq
Two things to
note in this recording. One, a flight direct to "FIDOE" was refused
due a UAV in the area. The other interesting thing is a warning
of "simulcast"ing. Not sure what that means unless it refers to
simultaneous UHF and VHF
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In order to see N105TB on the radar inbound to Groom on 12-Jan-2004 and outbound 23-Jan-2004 look at
Las vegas radar
inbound set up 12-Jan02994 at 1301
ZQX1416 is the pseudonym for N105TB PUB-DRA G2 it's at FL240 just N of LAS
Originally flight planned PUB-LAS it turns up on this Las vegas noise monitoring site as destination DRA (Desert Rock). AS you can see, it disappears from the screen northwest of Indian Springs at FL150 at 1308L. You need to have the range set to 95 miles to see it all the way.
then set up 23-Jan-2004 at 1145
ZQX1427 TNX-SPI G2 is N105TB just N of LAS at FL370
it originally filed a flight plan TKM to SPI
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A trip to Tikaboo Peak on Monday 7-Apr-2003
Our previous visit was in late April 2001 and on that occasion Tikaboo Peak had some snow which made the climb a little tricky in places. On that occasion we arrived at Tikaboo base camp at around 0630 and there was some noise from what my colleague thought to be a MiG-29 overhead. The video footage on that occasion was inconclusive and by the time we reached the summit, it had landed.
This year we weren't too hopeful of seeing anything as it was earlier in April, there was a war on and we didn't leave Vegas until 0530 which meant that we could be amused/worried by Howard Stern on the radio all the way up to the turning off Highway 93. The easiest route into Tikaboo from civilisation is from a turning just to the north of the entrance to the Pahranagat Wildlife Refuge. It's a dirt track across Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land which is public land and the equivalent (I guess) of National Trust land here in the UK.
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This year's trip to Tikaboo Peak the 7900ft mountain in Nevada from where one can see Groom Lake AFB in clarity - albeit at range 26nm - was most entertaining.
Initially we thought that we had stumbled across a 'families day' as there was constant action for 4 hours featuring a Su-27 and MiG-29.
Both Russians had a F-16 as a playmate and the MiG-29 was flying in formation with a Gulfstream II.
The Gulf II N105TB is part of the Airborne Seeker Test Bed (ASTB) program - 5TB being a stylised STB - and based at Bedford-Hanscom Field with DoD/MIT Lincoln Labs. Lincoln Labs allegedly have a hangar for this G2 at the northern end of Groom Lake; this seems to be likely as during April it seemed to spend the week at Groom while returning home to BED for weekends, holidays, birthdays etc.
N105TB spent much of April 2003 in Nevada it seems. On returning to/from BED at weekends it stops at SPI (Springfield, IL) much of the time although PUB (Pueblo, CO) has also been o