Michelle P wrote:
As we approached Andrews we saw something big in the pattern, Not
abnormal. There are KC-135's and KC-10's based there. As we got closer
it was apparent the plane was not a tanker. It was bigger. I looked at
my observer and he looked at me. It was a VC-10 (Air Force one) doing
touch and goes in the pattern! How cool. We came in at 2000 feet and the
VC-10 was at 1500. It flew directly under us! All I could say was I did
not pack my camera, I did not pack my camera! Damn, Damn, Damn.......

I will probably never get an opportunity like that again.


I lived in Camp Springs, MD back in the mid-sixties when my dad was stationed at
Andrews. Our house was directly under the base leg for runway 19R and I can
remember many times when Air Force One flew over at heights that I thought I
could reach with a rock.



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Mortimer Schnerd, RN

VE