A Hawker owned by a documented Purdue booster flew to the Big Ten's spring meetings, 2026-05-17

Estimated route, no live track

Flight

West Lafayette, INLong Beach, CAKLAF → KLGBMay 17, 202610:20 AM2:34 PMEDT4h 14m

The Big Ten's spring meetings ran in Los Angeles May 18, 2026 to May 20, 2026, and a jet owned by a documented Purdue booster made the trip. The Big Ten held its 2026 spring meetings in Los Angeles for the second straight year.

The Hawker, registered to Smn Investments Inc, departed West Lafayette, IN at 10:20 ET on May 17, 2026 and landed at Long Beach, CA at 14:34 ET.

The aircraft is registered to Smn Investments Inc, not the school — its tie to Purdue rests on documented prior travel with the program. The flight record does not say who was aboard, and the event dates are the only link between this trip and the meeting itself.

Selected flight record

Flight record

Route: KLAF → KLGB
Departure: May 17, 2026, 10:20 AM ET
Arrival: May 17, 2026, 2:34 PM ET
Airborne: 4h 14m

Paired legs

returnLong Beach, CA → West Lafayette, INMay 20, 2026, 4:00 PM

Sources & methodology

Sources: Big Ten Conference; FAA aircraft registry.

bigten.org ↗

Aircraft & ownership

Aircraft

Tail: N1PU
FAA type: H25B · Hawker 800 family
Group: Big Ten
Registry: United States

Attribution

Registered owner

Smn Investments

current registry · not dated to this flight

Operator

BLATTI AVIATION, LLCpart 135

certificate BQOA · observed 2026-05-01 and 2026-08-04, not on this date

Program tie

SMN Investments Inc — disclosed timesharing agreementevidence predates this flight

form 990 schedule l · Purdue Research Foundation Form 990 Schedule L Part IV — PRF payments to SMN Investments under a timesharing agreement for a Hawker Beechcraft 900XP /