Air force one.

[LCADolby]

Has anyone mentioned that "Air Force One" is any aircraft the President is on?

[Arlo]

Has anyone mentioned that "Air Force One" is any aircraft the President is on?

Any U.S. military aircraft .... but yes.

Marine helos are 'Marine One.'

[Puma44]

Has anyone mentioned that "Air Force One" is any aircraft the President is on?

Yep, earlier in the thread.

[Brooke]

Biased news = bad news.

All news today is biased.

[FLS]

Has anyone mentioned that "Air Force One" is any aircraft the President is on?

I think it would have to be an Air Force aircraft.

It may not be technically correct, Air Force One being the controller call sign not the aircraft, but it's pretty normal usage to refer to the Presidential 747 aircraft as Air Force One.

The Marine aircraft, usually a helicopter, is Marine One.

[Mongoose]

   A quick search brought up this page:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/air-force-one/

The planes usually used for the president are two highly modified 747-200B aircraft.  But any air force plane with the president on it is considered Air Force One for the duration of the ride.  So, yeah.  This must have been a special case.

[FLS]

Heh, well the OP started with a 4 hour Trump rally video link.

Where did you think this was going to go?

Political troll. Unless trolling requires intent and subjective interpretation is insufficient cause regardless of response.

[Mongoose]

Another search shows the runway at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, to 8,222 feet long.  This is considered a little short for a fully loaded 747.

[fuzeman]

Heh, well the OP started with a 4 hour Trump rally video link.

Where did you think this was going to go?

It’s good to be the King

[AKKuya]

That is the CB-747 model.

Cardboard One.  When the President wants to participate in soap box derbies.

[LCADolby]

Yep, earlier in the thread.

I scan too fast,.. 

[lyric1]

Another search shows the runway at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, to 8,222 feet long.  This is considered a little short for a fully loaded 747.

This is almost always the reason for no 747 Presidential trips.

[TyFoo]

Another search shows the runway at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, to 8,222 feet long.  This is considered a little short for a fully loaded 747.

Andrews Airforce base to KLBE is around 170 miles. Thats a 35-40 minute flight. There is no reason to take off at Max takeoff weight or carry an excessive amount of fuel for such a short trip. If they are using the 757 (C-32) It is more than likely the Runway or the ramp was weight limited.

I am sure many of you have looked up Princess Julianna airport SXM/ TNCM in St Martin or maybe Maho beach on Youtube?

That runway is only 7,500ft long and KLM, British Airways, Air France, Virgin and many more flew 747s out of there loaded to the gills with passengers to Europe all the time, I think I read at one time, on the high end of the charts they were taking off at something like 80-84% max weight, hot, and humid.

I think the 747 is still the fastest of the Commercial Passenger Airplanes - but alas as all good things must - her time is coming to an end.

[fuzeman]

I wonder why we got a video opposed to a picture.

Or say a video of a similar event say 6 years ago got posted, I wonder how that would 

 

[Arlo]

HT is the owner and moderator of this board. He does have an active policy of muting and banning members for political posting (permanently or temporarily). He allows for some leeway but when he's had enough he acts. I don't believe he would break his own rules to play politics.

But if anyone wishes to avoid the long campaign video, here you go:





(It's probably best to let politics go in this thread.)