Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
"David Cartwright" wrote in message
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Yeah, I bet there were some puzzled people. Not least because, as I
understand it, Air Force One is not a specific aircraft, but the callsign
for an aircraft that happens to be carrying the POTUS.


Air Force One is not the callsign for an aircraft that happens to be
carrying the POTUS, it is the callsign of any USAF aircraft that happens to
be carrying the POTUS.



If that's true, wouldn't it be kinda fun if the POTUS was learning to fly?
"Ah, Washington Tower, Air Force One, Cessna 152, hangar 12 apron, request
taxi" ...



The USAF does not operate the C152 and the POTUS already knows how to fly.



(And aren't there two 747s done out all posh, incidentally?).



The USAF operates two VC-25As, based on the Boeing 747-200B, to provide air
transport for the President.


Not to mention at least one large helicopter. The helo carrying POTUS
is designated "Marine One".