Comments | jillthepill: Da Plane! Da Plane!

jillthepill

Da Plane! Da Plane!

Jun 16, 2006 13:45

So, here's a fun tidbit: I totally just had Air Force One fly over my head a little while ago (okay, so it was about an hour ago from the time this entry posted). No, seriously, I did! A little before 1 p.m., as my Dad and I were leaving from lunch, and we were about to get to his car, a REEEEAAAAAALLLY big giant plane flew over our head. I mean ( Read more... )

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bouncepogo June 16 2006, 22:49:42 UTC

I <3 this story!

(Even though not all R's are evil, some of us even don't like Bush! Imagine that! hehe)

jillthepill June 16 2006, 23:42:27 UTC

True true. Heh heh. I know quite a few Repubs who are good people, but can't stand Bush, so it's all good! But then, what IS there to like about him, except for his amusement factor?

veggiepharmgirl June 16 2006, 23:37:10 UTC

My question - why does AF1 have to be so big? Does it have to fit his whole cabinet or something?

Also, I love your icon. Is it stealable?

jillthepill June 16 2006, 23:44:24 UTC

Oh definitely stealable. I found it originally on a car bumper sticker and then made my own icon. ^_^

And yeah, I don't get how huge it is...they could practically have Congress meet in there! I mean, it had just taken off, but it was even more huge than I've seen even freight planes (which are pretty big)!

26376 June 17 2006, 21:08:24 UTC

Last I knew, Air Force One was a Boeing 747-400 with a modified interior. So it's not a terribly special plane; it's a normal production passenger aircraft.

That doesn't answer the question of why Air Force One couldn't be, say, a 737 or some smaller passenger aircraft.

veggiepharmgirl June 18 2006, 03:06:11 UTC

Not that I'm sticking up for the prez here, but 747's have a much longer range than 737's. So that, at least, is understandable.

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