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?



Geoff

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On 17 Jul 2003 12:01:07 -0700, the renowned
(Geoff Miller) wrote:



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?

It was marked "British Airways". I didn't catch the aircraft type, but
their fleet includes both Boeing and Airbus.

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It was marked "British Airways". I didn't catch the aircraft type, but
their fleet includes both Boeing and Airbus.

I suppose it is a Boeing 777, as usual...

Geoff Miller wrote:
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?

Usually a chartered British Airways 777 for long distance. Sometimes a
757 if going somewhere in Europe. The Queen is also sometimes carried on
a chartered BA 777 (last trip to Australia was on a chartered Qantas
747), or on the upper deck of a 747 on a regular service. For domestic
and short distance work, the RAF Queen's Flight has BAe 146s and BAe 125s.

BTW, do the charter flights use any special callsigns or are they given
standard airline flight numbers? Or just the rego? IIRC the Queen's
Flight uses the callsigns KITTYHAWK, RAINBOW and ASCOT.

Cheers
David

Geoff Miller wrote:
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?

Usually a chartered British Airways 777 for long distance. Sometimes a
757 if going somewhere in Europe. The Queen is also sometimes carried on
a chartered BA 777 (last trip to Australia was on a chartered Qantas
747), or on the upper deck of a 747 on a regular service. For domestic
and short distance work, the RAF Queen's Flight has BAe 146s and BAe 125s.

BTW, do the charter flights use any special callsigns or are they given
standard airline flight numbers? Or just the rego? IIRC the Queen's
Flight uses the callsigns KITTYHAWK, RAINBOW and ASCOT followed by a
tasking number.

Cheers
David