Ukraine offers Trump Antonov aircraft as Air Force One

Pravda ^ | Dec 7, 2016 | Pravda.Ru

[Yo-Yo]

How about a Ukrainian Il-76?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZGXwbPfwQs

[Rannug]

How do they add engine oil during flight?

[Celtic Conservative]

Have you seen antonov aircraft? They already look like star destroyers.

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Ping!

[Ragnar Danneskjöld]

I think the President of the US should arrive to his important meetings in an SST! For less than 4 billion, maybe Lockheed could modify something agreeable. Or resurrect a Concorde?

“What’s that, a Summit in London? Be there by lunch.”

[Moltke]

As long as it’s not a Tupolev TU-154...

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

SR-71B

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

If Trump is using his own plane, does he get escorts?

Definitely. Any aircraft that the president is on is designated 'Air Force 1'.

[HiJinx]

Reminds me of when our Embassies were built in Eastern Bloc countries.

I’ve heard those buildings were riddled with electronic ears.

[AFreeBird]

Any Airforce craft. Marine One is the Heilo. And when W did the carrier trap, it was Navy One.

[NTHockey]

When one considers all the redundancies and comm gear, each plane is like two planes in one. I saw the inside of Marine 1, the Presidential helicopter once. It had 2 generators, pontoons for water landing and self-sealing fuel tanks. Inside was a bed and a desk.

I couldn’t get much closer than 10 feet, as it was cordoned off and patrolled by an armed Marine.

[DUMBGRUNT]

How many hours, landings, pressurization cycles...
On the current AF-1’s?

Tires OK? Burn oil? How is the compression?

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Thanks for the clarification.

[Texas Eagle]

Ukrainian President Pedro Poroshenko flies an AN-148 as the presidential airliner that he chose in early 2015.

Pedro is a Ukrainian name?

Somebody needs to check HIS birth certificate.

[wafflehouse]

If Trump is using his own plane, does he get escorts?

only if bill clinton is coming also

[wafflehouse]

Pedro is a Ukrainian name?

there is a lot of unexpected slack in translating names between ukrainian/russian and english.

[semimojo]

Talk about egg on Boeing's face.

It isn't Boeing's fault. They aren't writing the specs for the planes.

[~Pandora]

I figured he must. Air Force One is equipped with weapons, right? How much do you think that costs? Could he outfit his own plane with weapons or not?

As an aside, what do you think of the cost for security for Trump tower?

Is there some sort of renovation going to be done to the White House after the Obama’s leave?

At first I thought Trump might use the White House like an Office, but I hadn’t thought about the expense of security for his New York home.

[Scythian_Reborn]

[PLMerite]

This would do just fine:

The little one could shuttle people to and from the big one without it ever having to land.