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From: "Cub Driver"
Newsgroups: rec.aviation.military
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 11:21 AM
Subject: The UK "Air Force One"



Tony Blair's arrival in Washington this morning brought a
question to mind: What type of aircraft does the British
Prime Minister travel on? A RAF VC10?

There was a program on PBS a few years ago showing the Queen taking
off to visit one of her ex-dominions. She rode first class in a Boeing
747 of British Airways. It was a commercial flight, and all the other
passengers had to board first and be settled (locked down?) before the
Queen got on. I don't know what they did with the first-class pax;
maybe they were moved back to business.

What first class pax? IIRC the entire first class was booked by HM and used
by her entourage inc secretaries, security, ladies in waiting et al.
It worked out significantly cheaper than a whole plane to herself, IIRC.

Nick