Test Flights Over the US West Coast

Yesterday, Elf Z from North Pole Flight Command posted that the test flights of Santa’s sleigh are headed to the US and Canada Pacific Coast areas over the next week:

Flight plans from North Pole Flight Command show that the test flights of Santa’s sleigh are indeed now over Sector 5 and the plan for the next several takes will take those flights up the Pacific Coast, thru California, Oregon, Washington and then up into Canada.

Major metropolitan areas include Los Angeles, Fresno, Sacramento, the SF Bay Area, Redding, Bend, Portland, Seattle, Vancouver BC. It’s possible flights might be visible in Reno, and maybe Boise.

In my briefing with Elf Buck Sanchez this morning he confirmed the same information.

Remember, the Santa Tracker Map is not going to show you the absolute location of the test flights or the broad areas covered by the fleet of 12 test flight sleighs. So if the map says “Los Angeles” you might see test flights in the skies anywhere in that surrounding area.

We are sure hoping we get a lot of reports. We are expecting a lot of coverage in the northern areas of the sector and, from what I am told, the US and Canada will have a lot of exposure to the test flights all month.

Please use the sleigh sighting report if you think you see one.

About this Elf: Elf Pinky

Elf Pinky was recruited from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1992 and has since served as an instructor in sleigh flight theory at the North Pole Institute of Aviation. She worked very hard to earn her elf credentials, working a second shift first as a tool repair technician in Santa’s workshop and then as an engineer in the Wrapping Department designing wrapping machines. Pinky in recent years was a recruiter and trainer of sleigh test pilots and flies under the call sign Barracuda. Last year she served as a Flight Operations Director and demonstrated outstanding judgment and maturity in her duties supervising more than 400 elves, pilots, reindeer handlers and sleigh freighters.