Here's some of 'Bloodhound 122' that appeared to be part of the Gator party
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Here's some holiday photos and sounds from California
Here's N105TB and 84-0045 at the holding point shortly after the QF-4 departed
This is Gator 4 depating on the mission gator4_dep.wav
On the first approach the F-15 did a go-around, presumably to give us a second oppotunity at getting some good shots!
Here's Gator 4 the F-15D talking to Mugu Tower gator4_arr.wav
And this is N105TB returning from the mission
Here's Gator 3 aka N105TB talking to Mugu Approach and Tower gator3_arr.wav
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I haven't looked at Point Mugu in much detail before but it seems to be the only place - apart from home base BED - that all three big MIT aircraft have visited in recent past. Thanks to Chris for pointing out 'MTH' as the code for MIT as used for the B707 N404PA and the DA10 (really DA20) N20NY....see below which has been edited to remove EGJ F27s, heavy civil airliners and BYA.
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Some stuff on Point Mugu
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/point-mugu.htm
As a national leader for over 35 years, the Radar Reflectivity Laboratory at Point Mugu remains in the forefront of radar cross-section (RCS) measurements and radar signature control technology. The facility provides monostatic and bistatic radar signature characterization and diagnostics of test objects. The application of wide-band RCS data to Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar (ISAR) imaging of complex objects was pioneered at the laboratory in the 1970s, and is used to conduct signature diagnostics for a variety of applications. The two large anechoic chambers are equipped with compact-range collimating reflectors which provide far-field measurement conditions. The Bistatic Anechoic Chamber is the only facility of its kind in the world to provide full 180-degree horizontal and 90-degree vertical bistatic RCS measurements. All chambers can accommodate a wide variety of test items inclu
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N105TB back from Pt Mugu to Groom Lake for the Easter weekend!
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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
Airport most visited: Further details are restricted
Flight Plan Received 2004-04-08 00:16:06 from Los Angeles
Departure NTD POINT MUGU NAS (NAVAL BASES VENTURA CNTY), POINT MUGU CA
Destination DRA DESERT ROCK, MERCURY NV
Status Landed
Planned Alt 17000 Feet
Planned Speed 400 kts.
Planned Dep 2004-04-08 01:00
Actual Dep 2004-04-08 01:13
Planned Arrival 2004-04-08 02:10
Estimated Arrival 2004-04-08 02:23
Actual Arrival 2004-04-08 01:57
Latest Speed 398 kts.
Latest Altitude 15000 Feet
Distance to Dest.
Last Update 2004-04-08 01:58
Route NTD..PMD..DAG..LAS..DRA/0110
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Let's assume that it was N27RA that crashed. No sign of it since the day of the incident although it hasn't shown up in the accident databases yet.
Meanwhile N105TB appears to be at Pt Mugu again. Although the last flight plan was filed to PMD it appears to have stopped tracking over Camarillo, CA which is around 9 miles from Pt Mugu as the crow - or G2 - flies. Thus its altitude of 2700ft 9nm out would appear to be good. Unless Camarillo happens to be at 2700 elevation which I'll check in a sec.
Apologies to Gary for my part in a wild goose chase to try and find it at PMD!
N105TB_26Mar04_TXNPMD.doc
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Oops - it wasn't N20RA that crashed then.......it's still filing plans
Aircraft ID N20RA
Aircraft Type BEECH 1900
Owner/Operator DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
PO BOX 1504
LAYTON UTAH
Serial Number UB-42
Year Manufactured 1985
Certificate Issued 07/28/1988
Airport most visited: LAS MC CARRAN INTL, NV
See a list of all based aircraft at LAS
Flight Plan Received 2004-03-26 20:40:08 from Los Angeles
Departure PMD PALMDALE PRODN FLT/TEST INSTLN AF PLANT 42, PALMDALE CA
Destination LAS MC CARRAN INTL, LAS VEGAS NV
Status Planned
Planned Alt 19000 Feet
Planned Speed 260 kts.
Planned Dep 2004-03-27 00:30
Actual Dep
Planned Arrival 2004-03-27 01:20
Route PMD..DAG.CRESO3.LAS/0050
Previous Flights
OXR - LAS 2004-03-15 21:26
PMD - OXR 2004-03-15 18:36
PMD - NSI 2004-03-12 20:46
NSI - LAS 2004-03-12 22:30
OXR - EDW 2004-03-11 15:07
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Hmmm - N105TB filed a plan to Pt Mugu then it was cancelled and this appeared instead!
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 2004-03-26 21:36:32 from Los Angeles
Departure TNX TONOPAH TEST RANGE, TONOPAH NV
Destination PMD PALMDALE PRODN FLT/TEST INSTLN AF PLANT 42, PALMDALE CA
Status Landed
Planned Alt 16000 Feet
Planned Speed 400 kts.
Planned Dep 2004-03-26 21:45
Actual Dep 2004-03-26 21:48
Planned Arrival 2004-03-26 22:55
Estimated Arrival
Actual Arrival 2004-03-26 22:32
Latest Speed 61 kts.
Latest Altitude 2700 Feet
Distance to Dest.
Last Update 2004-03-26 22:34
Route TNX..BTY060030..MCY..CLARR.V394.DAG..PMD/0110
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Accident Description Status: Preliminary [legenda]
Date: 16 MAR 2004
Time: ca 05:00
Type: Beechcraft C-12J
Operator: United States Air Force - USAF
Registration: ?
Msn / C/n:
Year built:
Crew: 1 fatalities / 1 on board
Passengers: 4 fatalities / 4 on board
Total: 5 fatalities / 5 on board
Airplane damage: Written off
Location: 125mls NW of Las Vegas, NV (USA)
Phase:
Nature: Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport: Tonopah-Test Range Airport, NV (XSD)
Remarks:
The Air Force Materiel Command Beech 1900 crashed while on a routine support mission from a remote classified airstrip on the Nellis range to the Tonopah Test Range.
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Previous Arrivals/Departures
Flight# Type Dep Time Arr Time Date
N20RA B190 PMD 18:21 OXR 18:36 03-15-2004
N20RA B190 OXR 20:17 LAS 21:26 03-15-2004
BLOCKED G TNX 21:25 NTD 22:10 03-15-2004
N178B I TUL 21:40 RVS 04:11 03-20-2004
N661BA BE20 PMD 01:28 OXR 01:44 03-20-2004
N661BA BE20 OXR 02:00 LAS 03:06 03-20-2004
N661BA BE20 TNX 19:27 NSI 20:50 03-22-2004
N661BA BE20 OXR 21:15 LAS 21:44 03-22-2004
N178B W RVS 23:08 RVS 03:49 03-24-2004
N662BA BE20 PMD 01:03 LAS 01:47 03-24-2004
N661BA BE20 PMD 01:21 LAS 02:05 03-25-2004
N178B GLF3 RVS 14:14 SDL 16:34 03-25-2004
BLOCKED G NTD 18:12 DRA 18:57 03-25-2004