Gillian Brockel

And so I set that filter and that took it down to a couple hundred planes in the air. And I honestly just got lucky. I just started clicking on planes. Because I don't know how to search for all departures out of one airport on ADS-B exchange. I'm sure avgeeks who are better at it do. But I just started clicking on planes.

And so I set that filter and that took it down to a couple hundred planes in the air. And I honestly just got lucky. I just started clicking on planes. Because I don't know how to search for all departures out of one airport on ADS-B exchange. I'm sure avgeeks who are better at it do. But I just started clicking on planes.

And so I set that filter and that took it down to a couple hundred planes in the air. And I honestly just got lucky. I just started clicking on planes. Because I don't know how to search for all departures out of one airport on ADS-B exchange. I'm sure avgeeks who are better at it do. But I just started clicking on planes.

And I clicked, I think like the third plane that I clicked on had taken off out of Harlingen a couple hours earlier and was over the middle of the Atlantic.

And I clicked, I think like the third plane that I clicked on had taken off out of Harlingen a couple hours earlier and was over the middle of the Atlantic.

And I clicked, I think like the third plane that I clicked on had taken off out of Harlingen a couple hours earlier and was over the middle of the Atlantic.

Which is not a usual departure for Harlingen.

Which is not a usual departure for Harlingen.

Which is not a usual departure for Harlingen.

And so... You know, I posted on Blue Sky to the other avgeeks who were looking for it. I think this might be it. You know, it's a private jet with a LAAD designation that took off from this very obscure airport and is traveling internationally. Nothing else really fit the profile.

And so... You know, I posted on Blue Sky to the other avgeeks who were looking for it. I think this might be it. You know, it's a private jet with a LAAD designation that took off from this very obscure airport and is traveling internationally. Nothing else really fit the profile.

And so... You know, I posted on Blue Sky to the other avgeeks who were looking for it. I think this might be it. You know, it's a private jet with a LAAD designation that took off from this very obscure airport and is traveling internationally. Nothing else really fit the profile.

So we all started looking at it.

So we all started looking at it.

So we all started looking at it.

Another reporter named Jacqueline Sweet. You know, I looked up the registration. It's registered to a man named Igor Smirnov, which there are a lot of Igor Smirnovs.

Another reporter named Jacqueline Sweet. You know, I looked up the registration. It's registered to a man named Igor Smirnov, which there are a lot of Igor Smirnovs.

Another reporter named Jacqueline Sweet. You know, I looked up the registration. It's registered to a man named Igor Smirnov, which there are a lot of Igor Smirnovs.

He's not the chess guy. He's not the Moldovan guy. He appears to have once owned an airline in Uzbekistan and has been in the U.S. for some time. So he has, you know, this private jet. And then Jacqueline Sweet looked up that, yes, he has DHS contracts.

He's not the chess guy. He's not the Moldovan guy. He appears to have once owned an airline in Uzbekistan and has been in the U.S. for some time. So he has, you know, this private jet. And then Jacqueline Sweet looked up that, yes, he has DHS contracts.