Obama is visiting this bastion of liberalism today and being an aviation nut I am I've been following the flight through internet Air Traffic Control.
Air Force One landed about 11:30 a.m.
About 15 minutes later here comes "Air Force One" again.
I know the first one didn't take off...it would be going out on r/w 33 right over my home.
I thought it was only called AF1 when the POTUS was on board.
Anybody know who's on the #2 plane and why the designation.
Running 2 of those 747s up here is costing us a bundle!
1 posted on
03/30/2012 9:11:10 AM PDT by
JimVT
To: JimVT
Must have been George Soros on the plane.
2 posted on
03/30/2012 9:13:42 AM PDT by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: JimVT
Yes, there are ALWAYS two Air Force Ones for security reasons. GW Bush did the same.
3 posted on
03/30/2012 9:14:22 AM PDT by
OrangeHoof
(Obama: The Dr. Kevorkian of the American economy.)
To: JimVT
Did you “salute” when they went by?
4 posted on
03/30/2012 9:15:10 AM PDT by
al44
To: JimVT
I seem to recall that they always fly the backup 747 when the President travels... but it is true that only the aircraft carrying the President is AF1... regardless of whether that aircraft is a 747 or a Piper Cub. Whomever reported that it was a second AF1 was not technically correct.
5 posted on
03/30/2012 9:15:34 AM PDT by
r-q-tek86
("It doesn't matter how smart you are if you don't stop and think" - Dr. Sowell)
To: JimVT
I believe this is a security practice going back to around the Nixon era. (there are 2 747s that could have the designation AF1 if the President is on it and in wartime, 3 E-4s that also serve this purpose so technically, there could be 5 potential AF1s.)
6 posted on
03/30/2012 9:16:16 AM PDT by
mnehring
To: JimVT
One of them is a decoy?
8 posted on
03/30/2012 9:31:08 AM PDT by
BitWielder1
(Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
To: JimVT
What city is this?
I know moochelle is visitng Vegas and other places with her daughters today
and she can use the 747
I don’t know if she and 0dumbo were going to be in the same place today
11 posted on
03/30/2012 9:42:41 AM PDT by
RWGinger
(Simpl)
To: JimVT
They often send both VC-25s on most Presidential trips, one as a backup in case the primary develops a problem.
13 posted on
03/30/2012 9:48:11 AM PDT by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: JimVT
His and Hers
Oh wait, hers is in Las Vegas
(Did Reggie tiptoe aboard “his”)?
14 posted on
03/30/2012 9:50:44 AM PDT by
silverleaf
(Funny how all the people who are for abortion are already born)
To: JimVT
16 posted on
03/30/2012 10:12:22 AM PDT by
Lucky9teen
(Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading.~Thomas Jeffer)
To: JimVT
Maybe Marie Antoinette Mooching Michelle is going on another vacation?
20 posted on
03/30/2012 12:13:50 PM PDT by
Trod Upon
(Obama: Making the Carter malaise look good. Misery Index in 3...2...1)
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