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Tennessee Aircraft Made a Probable College-Sports Policy Trip to Washington

The first recorded Dulles turn came during Senate talks with SEC and Big Ten leaders.

Estimated route, no live track
Complete outing
  1. 1Knoxville/Maryville, TNDulles, VAKTYSKIADJul 29, 20269:30 AM10:32 AMEDT1h 2m4h 10m on ground
  2. 2Dulles, VAKnoxville/Maryville, TNKIADKTYSJul 29, 20262:42 PM3:55 PMEDT1h 13m

Tennessee's university-owned N865UT flew from Knoxville to Dulles on July 29 and returned that afternoon as Senate negotiations over the Protect College Sports Act remained active. SEC and Big Ten leaders were involved in those talks, and Tennessee Chancellor Donde Plowman chaired the SEC presidents and chancellors. The timing makes a college-sports policy trip probable, but no public source confirms a meeting or traveler.

Selected flight record
Leg 2 of 2
Route
KIAD → KTYS
Departure
Jul 29, 2026, 2:42 PM ET
Arrival
Jul 29, 2026, 3:55 PM ET
Airborne
1h 13m
Sources & methodology

Sources: Associated Press; Southeastern Conference.

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Aircraft & ownership
Aircraft
Tail
N865UT
FAA type
C56X · Cessna Citation Excel / XLS family
Group
SEC
Registry
United States
Attribution
Registered owner
University of Tennessee
Program tie
University of Tennessee Flight Operations — the program's own flight departmentevidence predates this flight
board meeting book · University of Tennessee Finance and Administration Committee meeting book, Oct 2025, information item 8.3, PDF pp.83–84 (sha256 79448bc831defb925f7ca0tennessee.edu
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