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Tracked in retained FAA snapshots since May 31, 2026; no identity changes or exact-tail indexed filings are currently loaded.
Where it flies
Every leg this tail has flown — brighter where it flies most. Home field is ringed.
Airport routes
Austin, TX
Home base · 55% of legs
26
Airports visited
Austin, TX ↔ Midland, TX
Busiest corridor · 67 trips
106
Trips tracked · latest trip Jul 26, 2026
2025-06 → 2026-07
Tracked span
Flight history
Every tracked trip with route and shape. Event tags mark calendar-linked trips; documented rows have a published JetSweep story or research note.
106 trips · 183 legs
Ownership Story
ownership connectionupdated 2026-06-25
The AlRick/Skillern jet with repeated Texas event context
N44CP is not documented as a University of Texas aircraft. The stronger read is a private AlRick Holdings jet, tied in FAA paperwork to West Texas businessman Richard C. Skillern, that has appeared during Texas postseason windows.
N44CP is a Bombardier Challenger 300 registered to AlRick Holdings LLC. The important second hop is inside the aircraft file: records reviewed by JetSweep name Richard C. Skillern as AlRick's managing-member signer on N44CP registration, international-operation, and airworthiness paperwork.
That makes this more than a mystery LLC on the FAA registry, but it still does not make the jet a University of Texas aircraft. Skillern's public business footprint is in West Texas oilfield services and chemical distribution, and N44CP's own history fits that shape: Austin is the operating center, while Midland/Odessa is one of the aircraft's most repeated corridors.
The Texas connection comes from timing and pattern, not from a school ownership document. N44CP's June 2 Oklahoma City legs fell inside the Texas/Texas Tech Women's College World Series finals lead-in. On June 15, the aircraft flew Austin to Midland to Omaha the same day Texas played Alabama in the Men's College World Series. Those are strong event-context matches for tracking the aircraft alongside Texas public-event coverage, but they do not prove who was aboard or that Texas athletics used the aircraft.
What this does not claim. Current records support AlRick/Skillern aircraft-control attribution and Texas event-window context. They do not prove University of Texas ownership, team travel, booster status, or passengers on a specific flight.
We track the aircraft, not who is aboard. Ownership reflects the FAA registrant; attribution and purpose, where shown, are tiered by evidence. Some tails are blocked from public display.
