Posted on 12/21/2016 6:55:26 AM PST by RoosterRedux
Image is one of them.
The plane represents the United States.
No other head of state plane is a striking.
Konrad Adenauer-Germany A340
Air India One-India 747-400
France A330
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Japan 747-400
Russia Ilyushin Il-96-300PU
Argentina 757-200
Azerbaijan 767-300
Bangladesh 777-300
Bahrain 747-400
Egypt A340-200
Iran A340-300
Iraq 767-200Jordan A340-600
Kuwait A340-500
Libya A340-200
Mexico 787-8
Point being, In a world where image is important, Having a plane like a 747 is important.
So the American people pay to protect the very same people who have no problem taking advantage of the wealth created by the American people. It is time for legislation to be enacted to provide our elected servants with the exact same class of travel, food, insurance, cars, homes, etc., the masters use daily.
The American peoples wealth is being taken to provide tools to the servants for spying, regulation, and many other excessive items used daily to remove our freedoms.
Do you suppose the word came out from the new incoming administration - Put the ratings back in place, Otherwise, we will do it. You can save face by doing it yourself.
That, or someone in the Naxy at a pretty high level just said “to heck with this nonsense, we’re going to unwind this crap, there’s not enough time left for them to do anything about it.”
If a Boeing 747-8 costs $356.9 Million per
http://247wallst.com/aerospace-defense/2014/06/03/why-a-boeing-747-8-costs-357-million/
Where does the extra 3Billion, 643 Million, 100 Thousand DOLLARS go?
Seeing any other country's leaders plane would be cool.
“Boeing should be allowed to make a reasonable profit from their operations”
When a big program (or any program) over runs it is NOT that company making more profit. Those are costs. They are paying engineers and subcontractors that money. Contracts don’t allow you to just randomly start adding more to them. At every stage of an ‘over run’ the government has oversight and can pull the plug. Contracts don’t overrun unless the program office (the government) allows it to happen.
“Where does the extra 3Billion, 643 Million, 100 Thousand DOLLARS go?”
Avionics, secure electronics, radios, counter measures, jammers, fancy interior fittings, robust redundant satcoms. And an ARMY of engineers to design and integrate all those systems into a functional whole. AF 1 is nearly complex as the space shuttle.
Evidently AF1 includes a medical suite that can function as an operating room and there is a physician permanently on board......
The USS OHIO SSBN 726 (lead Trident Submarine) cost $2Billion, new Trident submarines (replacements) are estimated to cost $4Billion. They are rather complex also.
Regards,
HLB
My biggest question:::
At what point is a final decision made regarding the fancy electronics for AF-1? Like racing tires—they are obsolete before I can pick them up at the airport.
Today, as I type this, some tech advance is making something else obsolete.
The plane was already scheduled to take 8 years to build-—at what point do the final electronics & avionics get installed?
They are also ‘off the shelf’ so some/most of the development and engineering costs are spread over more than one ship. AF1 is a ‘one off’ so it eats all that cost..
I don’t think it’s a good idea to use cheap parts.
There is a common mistake in using the terms CHEAPER and LESS EXPENSIVE. CHEAPER refers to QUALITY and LESS EXPENSIVE refers to COST.
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