Air Force One

In article , A Guy Called
Tyketto wrote:

[snip]

So, what would do you think the US gov't would do for the B742's
version of AF1's replacement? Does the Gov't have a contract with
Airbus, which could present the A380? Would they stay Boeing, and go
B772 (the B773 has a shorter range than the 772)? Which aircraft do you
think should be the next Air Force One? Thoughts? Opinions?

It might depend on Boeing. IIRC, during the competition for the
VC-25, Boeing effectively said that they would do anything and
everything to win the contract. iow - the President was going
to be flying in a Boeing aircraft.

--
Bob Noel

There is no way that this administration would buy Airbus or any other
aircraft with a French connection.
There would not be any contest, it would be Boeing all the way.
Bob

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"Bob Noel" wrote in message
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In article , A Guy Called
Tyketto wrote:

[snip]

So, what would do you think the US gov't would do for the B742's
version of AF1's replacement? Does the Gov't have a contract with
Airbus, which could present the A380? Would they stay Boeing, and go
B772 (the B773 has a shorter range than the 772)? Which aircraft do you
think should be the next Air Force One? Thoughts? Opinions?

It might depend on Boeing. IIRC, during the competition for the
VC-25, Boeing effectively said that they would do anything and
everything to win the contract. iow - the President was going
to be flying in a Boeing aircraft.

--
Bob Noel

Robert Browne wrote:
There is no way that this administration would buy Airbus or any other
aircraft with a French connection.

I just had a Gene Hackman flashback, so I thought would look the movie
up at IMDB. I found it... It said, In 2003, this movie was renamed
"Freedom Connection".

So, what would do you think the US gov't would do for the B742's
version of AF1's replacement? Does the Gov't have a contract with
Airbus, which could present the A380? Would they stay Boeing, and go
B772 (the B773 has a shorter range than the 772)? Which aircraft do you
think should be the next Air Force One? Thoughts? Opinions?


It might depend on Boeing. IIRC, during the competition for the
VC-25, Boeing effectively said that they would do anything and
everything to win the contract. iow - the President was going
to be flying in a Boeing aircraft.


I vaguely remember somehting about AF1 being required to have four
engines (here's the 2 vs.4 ETOPS argument again...). Urban legend or
not? Think Boeing could hang two extra engines on a Vista-Cruiser or
whatever they've decided to call the 7E7 when the time comes?? :-)

Vista-Cruiser or
whatever they've decided to call the 7E7

Dreamliner.

I think two engines would qualify, if the single-engine performance is
up to standard. The FAA came around.

(I remember how startled I was in 1986 to find myself flying over the
South China Sea in a two-engine Airbus, having been persuaded by the
FAA how necessary four engines were to my personal safety.)

all the best -- Dan Ford (email: info AT danford.net)

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In article , Matthew Mayer
wrote:

I vaguely remember somehting about AF1 being required to have four
engines (here's the 2 vs.4 ETOPS argument again...). Urban legend or
not? Think Boeing could hang two extra engines on a Vista-Cruiser or
whatever they've decided to call the 7E7 when the time comes?? :-)


I'd bet dollars to doughnuts that it will be 777 over a 7E7.

How else will they be able to carry all those media flacks?

Which aircraft do you think should be the next Air Force One? Thoughts?
Opinions?

Perhaps it should be a Cessna 172 and be subject to the same hassle as the
people to whom he is supposedly a "servant".

"John Harlow" wrote in message
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:
: Which aircraft do you think should be the next Air Force One?
Thoughts?
: Opinions?
:
: Perhaps it should be a Cessna 172 and be subject to the same hassle
as the
: people to whom he is supposedly a "servant".

Air Force one should be a microlight.
First duty of your president should be learning to fly...
betcha aviation rules and regs would make sense then :-))

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gblack wrote:

First duty of your president should be learning to fly...

Well, our current president did that back in the 60s.

betcha aviation rules and regs would make sense then :-))

You lose .......

George Patterson
The optimist feels that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The
pessimist is afraid that he's correct.
James Branch Cavel

"gblack" wrote in message
...

Air Force one should be a microlight.
First duty of your president should be learning to fly...
betcha aviation rules and regs would make sense then :-))


The current president does know how to fly and the rules made more sense
before he entered office.