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Ian33 said:So it us a temporary shelter to keep an aircraft in. Must be very slow and cumbersome on the ground then if it cannot get outand away without a half way house.
There is a lot of activity in and around the facility. The test assets are sight sensitive, and the facility observes a number of security conditions. Aircraft have to transit a long taxiway from the main base to the south end of the runway. The aircraft can't be visible while some of these security conditions exist - these range from overhead satellites to observers on Tikaboo to personnel at the facility uncleared for the aircraft's shape. Just scheduling around the number of Janet flights is a challenge (they are, currently, about hourly).
Placing a shelter close to the south end of the runway gives the test director a much greater degree of flexibility. If a test asset is delayed and will conflict with an incoming Janet it will not have to transit all the way back to a secure area of the main base before the Janet can land - which would hold up the entire facility.