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Purdue aircraft fits Big Ten spring meetings travel

AP reporting placed the Big Ten annual meetings in Rancho Palos Verdes.

May 20, 2026N1PU
Flight
  1. Long Beach, CALafayette, INKLGB → KLAFMay 20, 20264:00 PM7:30 PMEDT3h 31m

N1PU moved through the Los Angeles-area meeting window while Big Ten leaders were gathered in Rancho Palos Verdes. The public reporting gives this aircraft movement a conference-administration explanation.

Selected flight record
Flight record
Route
KLGB → KLAF
Departure
May 20, 2026, 4:00 PM ET
Arrival
May 20, 2026, 7:30 PM ET
Airborne
3h 31m
Track
Altitude
Cruise 41,000 ft · Max 41,075 ft
Speed
Avg 457 kt · Max 532 kt
Samples
7,828
Paired legs
outboundLafayette, IN → Long Beach, CAMay 17, 2026, 10:20 AM
Sources & methodology

Sources: mininggazette.com; washingtonpost.com

mininggazette.com ↗washingtonpost.com ↗
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 /
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ADS-B data is a public aircraft-movement record. This page separates observed movement from cited context and avoids passenger claims unless a source document supports them.