Tikaboo Tales

I can't upload my video of the 4 fastmovers flying out of Groom due technical reasons or perhaps incompetence on my part. If anyone if really into analysing dots then let me know and I'll send you a DVD. But we really, really think it's a simple case of MiG-29 with F-16 chase plus Su-27 (ish) plus F-16 chase.

Here's a link to Maj. Bond, killed while flying a MiG-23 out of Groom in 1984 http://www.f-117a.com/Bond.html

Tikaboo 2005 A beautiful day - probably the nicest yet. Just above zero, nil wind on the (ahem, cough) MCY ATIS. Not sure who that grey haired guy is looking through the scope at the scenery though....

N105TB heads West and N404PA doing local flights N105TB has routed BED-TUL. Visiting Gulfstream for some new bolt on extras perhaps? N404PA BED-BGR-PSM-BGR-BED by the look of it.

N404PA inbound from Florida MIA-BED flown today and appears to be planning to go BED-BGR or MIA-BGR too

N20NY heading home today It started in LAS then GRI (Central Nebraska Regional) then Lansing before home to BED.

N20NY still way out west Today from Camarillo to China Lake

N255SA on its travels Although active round California in the last week, it seemed to be in Arkansas on Wednesday 6-Apr with a potential trip to Lubbock, TX on the cards. A long way for a Twin Otter from North Las Vegas!

And today N404PA is doing local trips from BED N404PA B703 Deptd BED-PSM ETA 2005-04-06 15:37

N105TB local trips from BED To Portsmouth and back

N404PA still in Canada Both today and yesterday N404PA has planned trips from Toronto to North Bay, Ontario.

N404PA PSM to CYYZ Today N404PA did a fairly short international trip from Portsmouth to Toronto and back.

N255SA GJT-GCN today The Twin Otters aer out and about; today N255SA is at the Grand Canyon. Presumably it's done a lot of time there as a regular Scenic Airlines aircraft. N512AR on 28-March was doing the sounds of several airfields in California.

N20NY from LAS to China Lake this afternoon. It left LAS around 0910 local I guess it arrived at LAS VFR. here's the Passur picture

N20NY from BED to China Lake today via Green Bay, WI and Pueblo, CO

For anyone interested in reparation etc etc http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0503200504mar20,1,7955088.story?coll=chi-news-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true Centurion Aviation Services operators of N478GS and N475LC deserve a look too

For anyone interested in reparation etc etc http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0503200504mar20,1,7955088.story?coll=chi-news-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true

Here's the proof that N255SA was working for MIT. The 3 letter designator for MIT/Lincoln Labs is MTH. Here's a search on MTH5SA

N512AR seems to have frequented Colorado with N255SA recently. Probably completely unrelated to all things MIT but....

N255SA history. Not really very thrilling but as it was suspected as operating as a pseudo-UAV during trials and it's flown across the US to BED here's a history