Janet (airline)

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A Janet 737-200 taking off from McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas, Nevada with the MGM Grand Hotel in the background.
A Janet 737-200 taking off from McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas, Nevada with the MGM Grand Hotel in the background.

Janet is the de facto name for a small fleet of passenger aircraft operated by defense contractor EG&G. The aircraft currently serve mostly the Nevada Test Site (most notably Groom Dry Lake) from their terminal at Las Vegas' McCarran International Airport, and until the early 1990's also flew regular flights from Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California. The origin of the word "Janet" is obscure and, while it is used as a radio callsign, it is not known whether the name is an official name, code word, or acronym. The Janet fleet includes six Boeing 737-200's painted white with a prominent red cheatline (the livery of now defunct Western Airlines), and five smaller executive turboprops (two Beechcraft 1900s and three Beechcraft 200Cs) painted white with less prominent blue trim stripes. The 737s have not been re-engined with modern turbofan engines, hence with their early JT8D low by-pass turbofan engines, they are louder compared to modern airliners. Their tail numbers are registered to the Department of the Air Force, while some earlier members of the fleet were registered to several civil aircraft leasing corporations. There is some evidence to suggest that five of the six 737s were modified from military T-43A aircraft.

Model Registration MSN C/N
Boeing 737-275Adv. N4529W 20785 335
Boeing T-43A (737-253Adv.) N5175U 20689 334
Boeing T-43A (737-253Adv.) N5176Y 20692 339
Boeing T-43A (737-253Adv.) N5177C 20693 340
Boeing T-43A (737-253Adv.) N5294E 20691 337
Boeing T-43A (737-253Adv.) N5294M 20694 343
Beech 1900C N20RA UB-42 Unknown
Beech 1900C N623RA UC-163 Unknown
Beech King Air B200C N654BA BL-54 Unknown
Beech King Air B200C N661BA BL-61 Unknown
Beech King Air B200C N662BA BL-62 Unknown

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In Microsoft Flight Simulator X (in free flight mode) you can fly a Janet Boeing 737. Also there's a mission, called "Secret Shuttle", in which you're a new Janet captain and you're making your first shuttle flight to "Area 51" from Las Vegas' McCarran International Airport.

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