On Sat, 19 Jun 2004 00:01:58 GMT, "Brian Colwell"
wrote:


"JDupre5762" wrote in message
...
During the week of President Reagan's death and funeral I heard on one
radio
station that President Bush allowed the 747 carrying Reagan's body to
Washington DC to be designated Air Force One for that trip. Does anyone
know
if this is true. I wasn't able to watch or read as much about it as I
wanted.
This would have been the first time that Air Force One was used as a
designator
without the current president aboard. The person making the claim was a
caller
to to a talk show so I am not inclined to believe it without confirmation.

John Dupre'

No, I don't think this correct, they did mention its designation for this
flight but it was not Air Force One.

BMC


SAM 28000 is what the aircraft is called when not carrrying the
President but is carrying VIPs (also known as a Special Air Mission,
hence the SAM). 28000 is the tail number...29000 is the second
aircraft.

The aircraft used SAM 28000 for President Reagan

Ross "Roscoe" Dillon
USAF Flight Tester
(B-2, F-16, F-15, F-5, T-37, T-38, C-5, QF-106)