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Strange flights this week. Twice (2 separate days) caught a U2 flying above California at more than 60,000 feet with a NASA tag on it.  Also there have been a flurry of flights in Nevada from Las Vegas to Nellis Air Force Base (aka Area 51) under the JANET name.  JANET stands for Just Another Non Existent Terminal and was a joke made by the military when the public started noticing the mystery flights from Las Vegas Airport going and coming from the nearby Air Base. Usually you will be lucky to see one of two JANET flights per week, but recently there have been dozens a day, from all parts of the Air Base. Something is going on there.


On the non military side of the flight tracker I find it funny that experimental aircraft design companies like Rutan (won X prize) have a plane icon that looks like a Romulan War Bird from Star Trek.  Rutan designs often have the longest wing on the rear of the aircraft and the shorter wing upfront, backwards from most commercial aircraft.


Just some observations from using the app.  If anyone else plays around with this flight tracking app for themselves, maybe drop some cool stuff you find.


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