A Hawker owned by a documented Purdue booster left Big Ten Media Days, 2026-07-29

Estimated route, no live track

Flight

Chicago, ILWest Lafayette, INKORD → KLAFJul 29, 20267:48 PM8:10 PMEDT22m

Big Ten Media Days ran in Chicago Jul 28, 2026 to Jul 30, 2026, and a jet owned by a documented Purdue booster made the trip. The Big Ten brought its 2026 football media days back to Chicago.

The Hawker, registered to Smn Investments Inc, departed Chicago, IL at 19:48 ET on Jul 29, 2026 and landed at West Lafayette, IN at 20:10 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: KORD → KLAF
Departure: Jul 29, 2026, 7:48 PM ET
Arrival: Jul 29, 2026, 8:10 PM ET
Airborne: 22m

Paired legs

outboundWest Lafayette, IN → Chicago, ILJul 28, 2026, 3:20 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 /