An Iowa Concrete Company's Jet Fetched Iowa State's New Coach From Pullman, 2025-12-06

Complete outing
1Charles City, IAPullman/Moscow, WAKCCY → KPUWDec 6, 20252:35 PM5:56 PMEST3h 21m44m on ground
2Pullman/Moscow, WAAmes, IAKPUW → KAMWDec 6, 20256:41 PM9:13 PMEST2h 33m

Iowa State hired Jimmy Rogers away from Washington State on Friday, Dec. 5. The next day, a Cessna CJ3 owned by Croell Inc. — a New Hampton concrete company that turns up on the Cyclones' donor wall — flew empty from its Charles City base to Pullman, then carried a passenger back to Ames, touching down after 8 p.m.

It's the textbook retrieval pattern: booster jet out empty, home full, the day after the hire. ADS-B places the aircraft, not its passengers, but the Pullman-to-Ames run lines up exactly with Rogers heading to his new job.

Selected flight record

Leg 2 of 2

Route: KPUW → KAMW
Departure: Dec 6, 2025, 6:41 PM ET
Arrival: Dec 6, 2025, 9:13 PM ET
Airborne: 2h 33m

Sources & methodology

Sources: CBS Sports / ESPN (Rogers hire, Dec. 5, 2025); FAA registry (N137BG → Croell Aviation LLC); Cyclone RTC donor wall; JetSweep ADS-B archive.

cbssports.com ↗espn.com ↗cyclonertc.org ↗

Aircraft & ownership

Aircraft

Tail: N137BG
FAA type: C25B · Cessna Citation CJ3 family
Group: Big 12
Registry: United States

Attribution

Registered owner

Croell Aviation LLC (Croell

current registry · not dated to this flight

Operator

Charles City Aeronautics, Inc.part 135

certificate CQVA · observed 2025-11-22 and 2026-05-01, not on this date

Program tie

Charles City Aeronautics, Inc. — confirmed prior serviceevidence predates this flight

funnel confirmed service · 1 confirmed flight_reason_labels for iowa-state on Charles City Aeronautics, Inc. (1 documented, 1 approved/published) across 1 tail(s): N137BG; first