Tikaboo Tales

DHC-6s N512AR and N94AR have flown the pond; N512AR has actually flown halfway round the world already! HHR-ABQ-GJT-GRB-BGR-Reykjavik-Mildenhall UK. And now they've landed at Boscombe Down, Wiltshire. Spooky! A friend of a friend says that they are going to be here for around 2 weeks doing 'terrain penetrating radar trials' over the Salisbury Plain Danger Areas. I wonder what this is all about?

N404PA active again today and N63AR flying TYS-MRB-BED

N404PA on local flights from BED yesterday and today

N105TB home after (assumed) maintenance at Tulsa. It flew TUL-BED today.

N63AR DHC-6 mentioned in Lincoln Labs FAA documents is winging its way (slowly) westbound to Martinsburg WV. It was thinking of continuing further west to Knoxville but seems to have changed its mind.....

N20NY BED-Westfield Ma and back today

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