Pilatus PC-12 at the Yucca runway, page

There are two planes at the somewhat mysterious new Yucca Lake runway. What I believe is a Pilatus PC-12 is located on Google Earth at
N36 55 38.36 w116 0 28.65
The plane next to it is probably a B190.

This photo shows three images: a PC-12 outline by itself, superimposed over the plane at Yucca Lake, and the Yucca plane all by itself.
www.lazygranch.com...

Lockheed Martin uses the PC-12 much like Groom Lake uses their Beechcraft.
n623ba & N146PC
flightaware.com...
flightaware.com...
They file the ownership under LMCO, presumably Lockheed Martin Company.

No flights to the Yucca airstrip have been logged, but they could be flying VFR.

reply to post by thedeerhunter270

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Good point regarding Yucca. NV11 is the old runway on the dry lake. It appears in FAA documents. The new runway showed up maybe 2 years ago. At first it attracted minimal attention. Then when it never showed up on FAA documents, it became interesting. Then when the hangar construction started, it really became interesting. ;-)

There is a document related to the Yucca Mountain Project that discusses air traffic over the range. You should be able to find it by google "Identification of Aircraft Hazards". I think this is the report that says NV11 hasn't been used since the mid-90s.

I'm trying to track down the construction of the new runway. It started to show up in 2005 environmental reports. In theory, it should have showed up before construction started, but spooks have different rules than the rest of us.

Most of these UAVs under development are done on private airstrips or air bases. I really don't see how Lockheed rates to get their own private runway.

This is useful info

www.airport-data.com...

At 9000', should be able to take some pretty big aircraft?

[edit on 21-1-2008 by thedeerhunter270]

reply to post by DesertWatchdog

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I don't get the comment on the "R". In any event, the runway orientation of the paved runway is different from the one on dirt, so they can't be confused.

I think it is very likely the planes are a Groom Janet and a LMCO PC-12.

I think I have exhausted all possibilities to get the construction docuemetns out of the NTS reading room. That is, the representative of the reading room admits the new runway and hangar exist and says they have no paperwork on them. Clearly, you can't pave the desert with an environmental The next sstep is probably a FOIA.

reply to post by gariac

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I'm sorry, someone noted a U in a circle (unverified) next to NV11 on an aeronautical chart, not an R. But anyway...

Didn't know LMCO had PC-12s... Have some tail numbers?

reply to post by DesertWatchdog

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The tail numbers are in the post at the top of the thread.

reply to post by gariac

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Pff, sometimes I think I'm going blind.

reply to post by DesertWatchdog

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36 55' 35.71" N

116 00' 25.94" W

New runway measures 5000 feet, marked 1 - 19. Name not known or registered. Googles indicate only old salt strip as NV11, Yucca airstrip. Construction seems to have started in 2005.

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