Tikaboo Tales

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.... 

Aha....suspicions condfirmed.  Two 'new' DHC6s. New additions to the Lincoln labs inventory in the 'national interest' are DHC6-300s N63AR and N255SA.  

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....

N404PA heading west from BED   It's filed to LSV (Nellis AFB)

N232MT and N255SA back to BED   After a week at IAD, they've returned home in time for the weekend. 

N20NY has left Holloman heading home 14-Jul HMN1310UTC-SPI1510 it filed a plan onward from SPI to BED but I didn't see it go live; so either the aircraft is tech or it escaped the tracker!

IAD is the place to be.... .....another interesting aircraft has gone to Dulles today, this time N187D a CN-235. There's some photos of this and its sister ship N196D on http://www.airliners.net A friend of mine jokes about these as beng operated by 'the Langley Parachute Club'!

Maybe there's some MIT/Lincoln Labs love-in at the Pentagon tomorrow. Both N232MT a Cessna 206 and N255MA the DHC6 have gone there today

N255SA DH6 has just departed BED (at 1724UTC) for Washington-Dulles (IAD).

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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

N20NY in New Mexico again 13-Jun it flew to Perryville, MO to Albuquerque, NM and then on to Holloman AFB, NM on 14-Jun.

N404PA returns homw to Bedford, Mass from Nellis. I wonder if it actually operated from Nellis during it's week in the sun?

N20NY back to BED from Holloman On 20-May N20NY routed HMN - SGF (springfield, Missouri - BED

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.

N105TB filed to fly BED-NHT (Manchester, NH) on 17-May

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

N4505S is another of MIT's aircraft; it's a Beech F33 i.e. a 4? seater. Interestingly they seem to be using it as a crew ferry. Today (Fri 14-May) it went BED-ISP a 2042 then departed ISP 2056 back to BED. Shortly after this, N105TB departed back to BED.

N105TB is returning to home base at Bedford, Mass after 2 and a half weeks at Islip, NY. There is presumably some reason for this which we'll fathom later! Wed 21-Apr BED-ISP Fri 14-May ISP-BED