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VT Foundation Jet Returned From Newport News on Jefferson Lab Groundbreaking Day

The Newport News return matched Tim Sands' attendance at the DOE Data Center ceremony.

Jun 11, 2026N51VT
Estimated route, no live track
Complete outing
  1. 1Blacksburg, VANewport News, VAKBCB → KPHFJun 11, 20261:35 PM2:11 PMEDT37m24h 35m on ground
  2. 2Newport News, VABlacksburg, VAKPHF → KBCBJun 12, 20262:47 PM3:23 PMEDT37mStats selected

Virginia Tech News reported that the Department of Energy broke ground on the Jefferson Lab Data Center in Newport News on June 12, with VT President Tim Sands joining DOE Under Secretary Dario Gil, Governor Abigail Spanberger, and Newport News Mayor Phillip Jones. N51VT departed Newport News for Blacksburg the same afternoon.

Sands used the ceremony to announce a new VT Spark Institute partnered with the lab, framing the visit as a planned higher-education-DOE handshake rather than ad-hoc travel. The flight record doesn't name passengers, but the federal attendee list does.

Selected flight record
Leg 2 of 2
Route
KPHF → KBCB
Departure
Jun 12, 2026, 2:47 PM ET
Arrival
Jun 12, 2026, 3:23 PM ET
Airborne
37m
Sources & methodology

Source: Virginia Tech News.

news.vt.edu ↗

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Aircraft & ownership
Aircraft
Tail
N51VT
FAA type
C56X · Cessna Citation Excel / XLS family
Group
ACC
Registry
United States
Attribution

Attributed to Virginia Tech (VT Foundation) · registry confirmed · high confidence

Registered owner
VIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION INC
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