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What aircraft is this?
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Wed Jul 13, 2005 6:02 amby Theis
what is this?
Air force junior?
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/877945/M/Hope you can give me an answer
Cheers Theis
Re: What aircraft is this?
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Wed Jul 13, 2005 7:28 amby ozzy72
Well according to the information at the bottom of the page it is a VC-9C
Re: What aircraft is this?
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Wed Jul 13, 2005 7:59 amby Theis
no, i mean, what its use?
what do you use it for??
Re: What aircraft is this?
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Wed Jul 13, 2005 8:52 amby Felix/FFDS
VIP transport. If the president were to fly in it on a short hop, the IT would be "Air Force 1"....
Q: What's the smallest USAF plane to have become "Air Force 1" (or it's equivalent?)
Re: What aircraft is this?
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Wed Jul 13, 2005 8:52 amby ozzy72
Flying?
I think it is the Vice-Presidents plane, best to ask one of our American experts I'm sure they'll know
Re: What aircraft is this?
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Wed Jul 13, 2005 8:54 amby ozzy72
Piper Cub?
Re: What aircraft is this?
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Wed Jul 13, 2005 9:48 amby Felix/FFDS
Piper Cub?
I *think* if memory serves me right, it was one of the smaller Aero Commanders ...
Re: What aircraft is this?
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Wed Jul 13, 2005 10:12 amby ozzy72
Oh okay, I know Ike learnt to fly on a Cub
Re: What aircraft is this?
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Wed Jul 13, 2005 2:58 pmby TacitBlue
It was an Aero Commander 500, Ike used it when campaigning for re-election. Theres even a repaint of it for Milton Schupes AC500.
Re: What aircraft is this?
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Wed Jul 13, 2005 5:16 pmby C
I think its the USAF plane used for the personal use of the Presidential dogs, much in the same way 32 Sqn (the Royal Sqn) of the RAF has the BAe 125 to carry the Queens corgis...
Re: What aircraft is this?
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Thu Jul 14, 2005 4:40 pmby OTTOL
like the caption says.....it's a C-9 or "VC-9"(essentially a DC-9 with the military throwing there $.02 in the designation).
Despite the Air Force one-esque paintjob, most C-9's are used for MAC flights( or...... not-so-VIP's).
The Marine Corps even has one with an accordion style, fold-down ramp, that when extended, is about 10mX3m!
The "band" travels around in it. I've seen it in person. They pulled up with, what looked like, a giant ping-pong table in the cargo door. The crewchief yells "stand back"(OK...... I added that part for affect) and then this thing extends out, Inspector Gadget style.
The backup for AF-1 is a the 757 and after that, they have a Gulfstream or two.
Re: What aircraft is this?
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Thu Jul 14, 2005 5:09 pmby SilverFox441
VC-9s were used as AF-1 during the Clinton years. He liked visiting smaller airports and sometimes needed the smaller planes.
A couple of times Clinton even flew on smaller planes like the Gulfstreams.
Re: What aircraft is this?
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Mon Aug 01, 2005 10:45 pmby ctjoyce
When I livend in Keene NH Clinton Visited in a Beechjet 400A and his press in a Lear 35. Was pretty cool to watch as they let us almost right up to the plane to take pictures etc.
Re: What aircraft is this?
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Thu Aug 11, 2005 1:17 amby Martini
I would've thought it was an older AF-1, but then I remembered how old the 747 is. lol
Re: What aircraft is this?
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Fri Aug 12, 2005 7:32 amby NavyTopGun
....The backup for AF-1 is a the 757 and after that, they have a Gulfstream or two.
the backup for AF-1 is another 747