Donald Trump's Boeing 757

[retrocop]

Fancy leaving this and downgrading to 'Airforce1'!


https://www.youtube.com/embed/UZq3iCn2y74?rel=0

[dannyk13]

Retro, Airforce 1 is whichever plane the president is travelling in so if the Boeing 757 was used it would become Airforce 1.

[mallyh]

makes my mode of transport of a little retro shopper bike look a bit silly lol

[sandyRoe]

The seat belt buckles are only gold plated. You'd think if he had it and was flaunting it they'd have been solid gold.

[RATTER15]

I'm thinking of getting one just like it, a different colour scheme of course and with extra sofas for the hounds.

[Buenchico]

>>> Airforce 1 is whichever plane the president is travelling in so if the Boeing 757 was used it would become Airforce 1

Theoretically, maybe. In practice the term is now only used to refer to either one of two specially-equipped aircraft:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/air-force-one

[retrocop]

danny
I doubt it. If Trump were to become President. I would imagine he would be compelled to fly in the 'official' AirForce1.
The official aircraft is painted with special paint for security reasons, as are his helos,. Also equipped with measures for missile avoidance plus all the electric gadgets and 'the button'. Passenger capability and fuel endurance would have to be another consideration.
I think he would have to put his personal toy in mothballs for 4 years if he lasted that long :-)_

[Baldric]

That's a nice piece of kit!

[Bazile]

yeah and his has only got 2 engines

[dannyk13]

Retro, Airforce 1 is the call sign of whichever plane the Pres is in.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_One

[vulcan42]

There was a documentary about DT's Boeing on TV recently, apparently he's a real stickler for tidiness and cleanliness. He was due back on board after visiting his Scottish golf course and even the pilots were helping to dust.

[Baldric]

Nice to hear of such attention to detail, hope that carries over into his Presidency.

[vulcan42]

I should have added, it appeared to me that the pilots weren't helping for the love of the man, more through fear.

[dannyk13]

I'll bet they weren't Mexicans.

[albaqwerty]

Aren't there 2 planes in the sky any time the POTUS flies, one which carries him and the identical plane just has the pilots on so no-one knows which is the decoy and which isn't - or did I dream it?

[mikey4444]

Lets keep our fingers crossed that he won't need Airforce One.

[dannyk13]

It certainly happens with helicopters when he is in one,seen as many as four with him.

[retrocop]

danny
The point I am making is that the varied aircraft of the Presidential air fleet are all kitted out with a host of protection measures. Even the paintwork looks nice but contains certain anti-missile measures. I have personal knowledge of a near international incident when a funny sticker was put on a presidential helicopter on the lawns of Winfield House, Regents Park, during a Presidential visit to the UK.!!! The helicopter was grounded as far as use by the President.
His secret service advisors would be too paranoid to let their charge swan around the sky in an unprotected (his own) aircraft even if not on official business.

[dannyk13]

The point I was trying to make Retro was that Airforce 1 is the president's call sign so if the Trump machine was adapted it would become Airforce 1.

[albaqwerty]

here's hoping Mikey. But Clinton is just as bad.

aaah, Danny, that's probably where I got the confusion from.

[Bazile]

alba

What happens , is that both airplanes are prepared , when the president is due to go on a trip .
Apart from a very select few, noone including the pilots know which airplane will be used , until the very last minute