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Trump says cancel new Air Force One: Costs 'out of control'
Associated Press ^ | Dec. 6, 2016 9:36 AM EST | Jonathan Lemire

Posted on 12/06/2016 6:48:15 AM PST by Olog-hai

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1 posted on 12/06/2016 6:48:15 AM PST by Olog-hai
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This ought to rattle the WA state libs today.


2 posted on 12/06/2016 6:50:16 AM PST by dragonblustar
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Bwahaha...love it..go around the mediapukes!! They must be steaming 😡!!! LOL!😂
3 posted on 12/06/2016 6:51:09 AM PST by RoseofTexas
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Trump’s jet is a 757...Not a 747.


4 posted on 12/06/2016 6:51:53 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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Too much winning! Can’t stand it. Need a safe space.


5 posted on 12/06/2016 6:52:06 AM PST by Genoa (Luke 12:2)
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To: Genoa

I guess the current one is worn out by the constant travel of the emperor in chief.


6 posted on 12/06/2016 6:55:12 AM PST by Mouton (The insurrection laws maintain the status quo now.)
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To: Olog-hai

He should also offer the use of his personal airplane to the Obama family after his inauguration. Leave that big 747 sitting in its hangar at Andrews.


7 posted on 12/06/2016 6:55:14 AM PST by Laslo Fripp (The Sybil of Free Republic)
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To: Olog-hai

The President should fly around on something small and agile (relatively speaking). Something like a Gulfstream G650. With the miniaturization of electronics, you don’t need a 747 to haul around communications gear.

If the Air Force needs a flying command post, that is a separate mission.

And the Press Corps can fly commercial.


8 posted on 12/06/2016 6:56:20 AM PST by Haiku Guy (Democrato delenda est)
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To: Olog-hai

Negotiation.
We’ll be seeing a lot of it in the next 8 years.


9 posted on 12/06/2016 6:57:42 AM PST by toast
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Ah ain’ nowars NEAHR tahhed !


10 posted on 12/06/2016 6:57:45 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true.)
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To: Olog-hai

Bombastic? Raucous? No editorial slant there /s


11 posted on 12/06/2016 6:58:26 AM PST by NonValueAdded (#DeplorableMe #BitterClinger #HillNO! #MyPresident #MAGA)
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To: Olog-hai

Look for the current plane to have “engine problems” and require an emergency landing.


12 posted on 12/06/2016 6:58:58 AM PST by over3Owithabrain
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To: dragonblustar
One of my fav videos, I watch it often:

Airforce One scares the crap out of Manhattan - YouTube
13 posted on 12/06/2016 6:59:09 AM PST by IWontSubmit
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To: RoseofTexas

Yup. They still don’t realize their jobs have been outsourced to new media.


14 posted on 12/06/2016 6:59:43 AM PST by monkeywrench (Deut. 27:17 Cursed be he that rmemoveth his neighbor's landmark)
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To: Haiku Guy
With the miniaturization of electronics, you don’t need a 747 to haul around communications gear.

The present AF one has counter measures like flares to head off IR missiles, and other stuff. Also need loads of communications gear to break through jamming, etc. So, maybe a C-130 sized aircraft would be the minimum size needed.

15 posted on 12/06/2016 6:59:48 AM PST by glorgau
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Barry and Mooch have practically worn-out the 747's we have now with all their globe-trotting and vacations. The technology is pretty old, but it's reliable.


16 posted on 12/06/2016 7:00:05 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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One of the reasons AF1 is so special is that it has secure communications equipment that not many other planes have. The President is able to talk (or probably even watch) anywhere on the globe at a moment’s notice. It also needs to be big enough to carry his staff.

Yes, Trump Force One is a 757. It’s much smaller than a 747 and can’t carry the staff a President requires. Not only that...if Trump intends to use that plane, it’s going to HAVE to be outfitted with the same secure commo equipment the 747 has...and I think it’ll take a pretty big cut into the space available for him.

If Boeing comes knocking on his door to try to save the order, I think Trump’s going to tell them to cut the costs or he’ll go somewhere else. I think they can bring the costs down.


17 posted on 12/06/2016 7:00:21 AM PST by hoagy62 ("It's not the whole world gone mad. Just the people in it.")
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To: Haiku Guy

The G650ER certainly has the range.


18 posted on 12/06/2016 7:00:29 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

If the President really wanted to make a statement, he could fly the most advanced American airliner, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

We are selling Dreamliners all over the World. Nobody will ever buy another new 747 for passenger travel. The design is obsolete.


19 posted on 12/06/2016 7:01:30 AM PST by Haiku Guy (Democrato delenda est)
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Jonah Goldberg is on Fox right now, babbling incoherently about this story.

What a waste of oxygen!


20 posted on 12/06/2016 7:02:55 AM PST by Redleg Duke (Time for a new party for We the People, to restore a two-party system!)
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