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Nat Geo Special Examines New Air Force One
The replacement aircraft, based on the 747-8, the latest and final passenger version of the four-engine jumbo jet, are due to enter service in 2024; but before then, the two aircraft are in the process of a massive remanufacturing that will convert them from standard passenger aircraft into the Flying White House. (www.ainonline.com) Mais...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
well known - but the presidential 747's are also commonly referred to as AF1 - just as most offshore powerboats are called "cigarette boats" - even though they are manufactured by a myriad of companies other than Cigarette.
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Maybe if it landed on your head it wouldn't be damaged.
I know that "FREE Market" repugnanism is working so well for you in Texasss... no water, heat etc.
Yep, Idiots CAN'T be fixed.
Yep, Idiots CAN'T be fixed.
I whole-heartedly agree with your final comment!
Yet Cali can rely on neighboring states for power, and can't keep from having rolling brown-outs, even if they tell residents about it ahead of time. Go figure.
The entire heating infrastructure failed there, however, nothing failed as badly as the green energy everyone was forced to subsidize. Had power companies been able to hold onto the untold millions the government forced them to spend on green energy, the grid wouldn't have failed. Green power will come in time, but you can't ram it down everyone's throat. Right now it's a losing proposition. The irony of helicopters burning 100 gallons of fossil fuels per hour, spraying fossil-fuel-derived anti-icing agents on windmill blades is not lost on me, at least.
The call sign 'Air Force One' is used by whichever aircraft the POTUS is flying in.
When the POTUS changes to another aircraft, even if it's a privately owned Cessna, the call sign follows him!