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byronm (376 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-04 07:17 AM Original message |
Bush is NUTS landing at Lancaster (KLNS) |
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Drifter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-04 07:19 AM Response to Original message |
1. I thought AF1 was a 747 |
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byronm (376 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-04 07:24 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. No way a 747 could land at KLNS |
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Bernardo de La Paz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-04 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
2. October Surprise? . . . (nt) |
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punpirate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-04 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
3. If you're Bush... |
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LizW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-04 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
5. Why would they do this? |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-04 07:26 AM Response to Original message |
6. The USAF has several smaller VIP aircraft... |
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byronm (376 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-04 07:27 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Its been slated as a 757.. they're noting it as the largest |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-04 07:32 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. A 757 landing on a 5000 ft strip isn't unheard of... |
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byronm (376 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-04 07:26 AM Response to Original message |
7. I guess its really "Airforce II" but still plenty big enough.. |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-04 07:30 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Any fixed-wing aircraft the POTUS is abourd becomes AF1... |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-04 06:11 AM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Actually, ANY aircraft, fixed-wing or rotor if it belongs to the Air Force |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-04 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
9. Air Force One isn't a 757, it's a 747 |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-04 08:10 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Air Force 1 is whatever Air Force plane the President's on at the time. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-04 08:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
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Florida_Geek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-04 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
12. CORRECTION: |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-04 07:37 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Hehehe, great minds think alike :) - see my reply below n/t |
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Florida_Geek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-04 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
13. No the Air Force pilot that allowed that is NUTS |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-04 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
14. Just as a point of clarification . . . |
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diplomats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-04 08:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. I live in Lancaster and the newspaper said tonight that it was |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-04 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
19. If you are correct on that airport weight limit of 146k ... |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-04 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
20. but but but.......* HAD to land there to get a photo op with Amish people! |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-04 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
21. Same goes for the USS Abraham Lincoln stunt |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-04 09:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. *-the pilot who flew him on board died in Iraq a couple of months ago. Sad |
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Rebellious Republican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-04 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
22. Temperature and runway construction materials factor in as well |
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