We have measured peak apparent speeds of 25.6 \pm 7.0 ~ { } c , 25.6 \pm 4.4 ~ { } c , and 28.2 \pm 6.6 ~ { } c in the jets of 0235+164 , 0827+243 , and 1406 - 076 , respectively , based on six epochs of high-sensitivity VLBA observations at 22 and 43 GHz during 2002 and 2003 ( H _ { 0 } =71 km s ^ { -1 } Mpc ^ { -1 } , \Omega _ { m } = 0.27 , and \Omega _ { \Lambda } = 0.73 ) .
These blazars had been identified as potentially having apparent speeds exceeding 40 c in an earlier VLBA survey of EGRET blazars by Jorstad et al .
We therefore confirm ( with high confidence in 0827+243 , and lower confidence in 0235+164 and 1406 - 076 ) the presence of highly relativistic pattern speeds in these three jets , although not at the > 40 ~ { } c levels reported by Jorstad et al .
The lower limit to the bulk Lorentz factor implied by the observed apparent speeds is \Gamma > \sim 25 - 30 in these three sources , if the pattern speeds are equal to or slower than the bulk flow speed .