Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Marine One Helicopter Lands At Permanent Home In Bush Library Pavilion
today.tamu ^ | 02/28/2024 | Caitlin Clark

Posted on 03/01/2024 8:15:08 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

A retired Marine One helicopter frequently used during George H.W. Bush’s presidency completed the trip to its final destination Tuesday, when it was delivered to College Station to be put on display at Bush’s presidential library and museum.

The massive aircraft — it weighs 4.65 tons and is 72 feet long — was trucked to the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum grounds on Texas A&M University’s west campus. The sight of the helicopter being lifted off the truck and moved into its permanent home in the soon-to-open Marine One/4141 Locomotive Pavilion drew a small crowd of onlookers, as well as staff from the George & Barbara Bush Foundation.

Andrew Card, the foundation’s CEO and a former Secretary of Transportation under Bush, said the president had a “particular affinity” for Marine One. “It usually meant he was going someplace where he wanted to go,” Card said, adding that it sometimes allowed Bush to briefly escape the burden of the presidency, whether it be for a quick trip out of Washington, D.C., or a respite at Camp David.

(Excerpt) Read more at today.tamu.edu ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; History; Local News; Reference
KEYWORDS: bush; georgehwbush; helicopter; library; marineone
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-22 next last
I hear the Bush 41 library is worth visiting.
1 posted on 03/01/2024 8:15:08 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: ChicagoConservative27

4.65 tons, about the weight of a tesla..


2 posted on 03/01/2024 8:18:02 AM PST by Ikeon (Why is it acceptable to be a fool but, wrong to point it out? )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ChicagoConservative27

Too nice for a traitor.


3 posted on 03/01/2024 8:22:53 AM PST by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: TangoLimaSierra

Yes.


4 posted on 03/01/2024 8:28:41 AM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Ikeon

” it weighs 4.65 tons and is 72 feet long”

Or a Ford F-150 with offroad tires


5 posted on 03/01/2024 8:30:02 AM PST by Fai Mao (Starve the Beast and steal its food.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: TangoLimaSierra
Too nice for a traitor.

Agreed. But one thing I'll give Bush Sr props for (pardon the pun) is his flying service in WW2. It seems fitting to have an aircraft at his library.

6 posted on 03/01/2024 8:37:01 AM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Tell It Right

Just because he served in WWII does not make him worthy of respect. We have to get past that nonsense. Lots of traitors who actively aided in the destruction of the Constitution served in WWII. McGovern and Ramsey Clark also did.


7 posted on 03/01/2024 8:50:07 AM PST by nwrep
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: Tell It Right
Agreed. But one thing I'll give Bush Sr props for (pardon the pun) is his flying service in WW2. It seems fitting to have an aircraft at his library.

He invited me to his house to talk about the TBF Avenger we flew over his place at Walkers Point. I will always honor his WW2 service. He told me that he thinks about his KIA crew every single day.

8 posted on 03/01/2024 8:50:10 AM PST by New Perspective (As Leonard Cohen said once in an interview, “You won’t like what comes after America”)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: ChicagoConservative27

If George HW Bush is guilty of President John F. Kennedy’s murder, then there should be no library but maybe a dung heap for him.


9 posted on 03/01/2024 9:02:30 AM PST by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Tell It Right

Love your fair comment.


10 posted on 03/01/2024 9:06:22 AM PST by Churchillspirit (Pray for President Trump)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: reasonisfaith

I’ve read many books about the JFK assassination, but don’t recall GHWB being a suspect.


11 posted on 03/01/2024 9:08:45 AM PST by Churchillspirit (Pray for President Trump)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: Churchillspirit

GHW Bush is at the top of the list of suspected conspirators in the JFK assassination.


12 posted on 03/01/2024 9:11:13 AM PST by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: reasonisfaith

WTF are you talking about??? It most likely was LBJ....and his wife who had the most to gain, imho.


13 posted on 03/01/2024 9:14:04 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: reasonisfaith

We must have very different sources......


14 posted on 03/01/2024 9:14:06 AM PST by Churchillspirit (Pray for President Trump)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: Ann Archy

The book “Family of Secrets” by Russ Baker is one source you should check out.

That GHW Bush is suspected of being involved in JFK’s murder is widely known.

Bush was at Dealey Plaza the day JFK was murdered, but when questioned regarding his whereabouts on that day, Bush tried to say he couldn’t remember where he was.

So Bush was clearly lying about where he was on the day of Kennedy’s murder. Photos show him to be at Dealey Plaza that day.


15 posted on 03/01/2024 9:21:18 AM PST by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: Churchillspirit

When JFK fired CIA Director Allen Dulles, Prescott Bush was enraged. Just one more piece of the puzzle.................


16 posted on 03/01/2024 9:24:58 AM PST by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: All

The flag was wrinkled on GHW Bush’s funeral coffin.


17 posted on 03/01/2024 9:26:18 AM PST by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: reasonisfaith

https://crisismagazine.com/author/pearce


18 posted on 03/01/2024 9:49:27 AM PST by squirt (POLITICIANS & DIAPERS NEED TO BE CHANGED, FOR THE SAME REASON)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: reasonisfaith

.....and the significance of that?


19 posted on 03/01/2024 10:16:34 AM PST by Churchillspirit (Pray for President Trump)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: Churchillspirit

All effects and appearances in military ceremony are intentional.


20 posted on 03/01/2024 12:24:52 PM PST by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-22 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson