Here's a fax from MIT to FAA...
Perhaps I should get in touch with the flight test manager to ask if he's got any good shots of the fleet for the website.
benkert@ll.mit.edu
Or maybe he'd like some of ours for their website....
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N255SA from East to West (Hawthorne)
It seems a jolly long way from Bedford, Mass to Jack Northrop Municipal, Hawthorne California in a Twin Otter. But N255SA is doing just that and will arrive shortly on the west coast. Presumably some wonderful sensor gizmo is to be installed, tweaked, checked....
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N255SA DH6 is at BED
Interesting as this was playing around in California not so long ago and we wondered if it was connected with Lincoln Labs. It has also visited Eglin, FL. Flying across the USA in a DH6 must take a while!
Aircraft ID N255SA
Aircraft Type DEHAVILLAND DHC-6-300
Owner/Operator TWIN OTTER INTERNATIONAL LTD
4511 W CHEYENNE AVE STE 500
NORTH LAS VEGAS NEVADA
Serial Number 723
Year Manufactured 1980
Certificate Issued 11/10/1999
Flight Plan Received 2004-06-25 16:02:20 from Boston
Departure BED LAURENCE G HANSCOM FLD, BEDFORD MA
Destination BED LAURENCE G HANSCOM FLD, BEDFORD MA
Status Landed
Planned Alt 7000 Feet
Planned Speed 130 kts.
Planned Dep 2004-06-25 16:30
Actual Dep 2004-06-25 17:04
Planned Arrival 2004-06-25 17:30
Estimated Arrival 2004-06-25 18:04
Actual Arrival 2004-06-25 17:47
Latest Speed 86 kts.
Latest Altitude 0500 Feet
Distance to Dest.
Last Update 2004-06-25 17:44
Route BED..PS
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N404PA active too!
Lincoln Labs seem to have the whole fleet in action this month. Here is N404PA the B707 which appears to have flown from China Lake ot Nellis today. The last B707 I've seen was N707AR 'Omega Tanker' at Point Mugu (the same day as N105TB) although this is just coincidence. N404PA has been at Point Mugu in the past; what with N20NY at Holloman and N105TB at either Bedford or Manchester, NH it's all go!
There's some photos of N404PA at www.jetphotos.net which are well worth a look.
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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 pub