Originally Posted by island911 (Post 10495686)

Dude, I was agreeing with you.

Sheesh, and like I'm that skinny and have that much hair, and wear shirts. --ridiculous.

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera (Post 10495736)

I chatted with a guy that ran the maintenance on Marine one. He said the Army flew the chopper for years, but they got caught with only washing and cleaning one side of the chopper. The press saw the dirty side and the Army was fired, marines took over

Originally Posted by Rawknees'Turbo (Post 10495935)

Ha ha - I finally got the Captain Obvious joke! . :D

Originally Posted by island911 (Post 10495703)

I expect that all of those clowns will not even be a thought in a few months; as their timing sucks. Likely Mark Cuban or Starbucks Schultz will run as the Dem. Maybe the Mormon business guy... Mitt. Anyway, the Dem's best hope is not in recycling another Free /Fair cliché diatribe machine, but rather a disciplined self-made man. Someone far clear of the MASSIVE DC corruption machine of swamp-rats past.

pssst... KC, we are trying hard to help you out. ...get this unruly thread moved away from your triggering eyes. --heated political debate and all :) ... I mean :mad: grrr...

Originally Posted by drcoastline (Post 10496609)

I like Air Force one just the way it is.

Originally Posted by flatbutt (Post 10495560)

A tangent question if you please sir...how does the helo pilot line up the landing gear with the hard pads on the lawn? Is there a camera looking down?

Originally Posted by island911 (Post 10492718)

VIDEO

Originally Posted by kach22i (Post 10496805)

Thanks for posting that.


JFK Redesigns Air Force One
JFK Redesigns Air Force One - New England Historical Society
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http://www.newenglandhistoricalsocie...eclaration.png

I seem to recall the pale blue being replaced with a richer more vibrant blue for a decade or so, then changed back again.

Originally Posted by oldE (Post 10494769) At the risk of inflaming tempers, I am asking : Why would the president be bothered to announce the color scheme of airplanes which will not be seen for a few years? Is it really that big of a deal? (Apparently it is to some around here,) but I would think the undersecretary of infrastructure or whatever would be the go to person for such a thing. It is just a paint scheme for government aircraft. Les

Under John F. Kennedy, presidential air travel entered the jet age.[18] He had used the Eisenhower-era jets for trips to Canada, France, Austria, and the United Kingdom.[19] Then in October 1962, the U.S. Air Force purchased a Boeing C-137 Stratoliner, a modified long-range Boeing 707—Special Air Mission (SAM) 26000.[20] The Air Force had designed a special presidential livery in red and metallic gold, with the nation's name in block letters. Kennedy felt the aircraft appeared too regal, and, on advice from his wife, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, he contacted the French-born American industrial designer Raymond Loewy for help in designing a new livery and interiors for the VC-137 jet.[2] Loewy met with the president, and his earliest research on the project took him to the National Archives, where he looked at the first printed copy of the United States Declaration of Independence; he saw the country's name set widely spaced and in upper case in Caslon typeface. He chose to expose the polished aluminum fuselage on the bottom side and used two blues – slate-blue associated with the early republic and the presidency and a more contemporary cyan to represent the present and future. The presidential seal was added to both sides of the fuselage near the nose, a large American flag was painted on the tail, and the sides of the aircraft read "United States of America" in all capital letters. Loewy's work won immediate praise from the president and the press. The VC-137 markings were adapted for the larger VC-25A when it entered service in 1990.[21]

Originally Posted by sammyg2 (Post 10496817)

Post #138 in this thread:

Originally Posted by Seahawk (Post 10496696)

I called Doug this morning.

He said the circles where they line up the three wheels on the H-3 are larger than they look - 6ft in diameter. That may have changed, he didn't know.

The co-pilot (right seat) leans out and gives the pilot verbal: "Left a foot, easy back a foot", etc.

He flew Bush the first.

Originally Posted by Seahawk (Post 10496696)

I called Doug this morning.

He said the circles where they line up the three wheels on the H-3 are larger than they look - 6ft in diameter. That may have changed, he didn't know.

The co-pilot (right seat) leans out and gives the pilot verbal: "Left a foot (Mr. President), easy back a foot (Mr. President)", etc.

He flew Bush the first.

Originally Posted by javadog (Post 10496835)

Didn't the current paint scheme get used for the first time when Nixon re-did the plane in 1969?

Originally Posted by kach22i (Post 10496825)

If you have a point then make it.

Originally Posted by sammyg2 (Post 10496925)

OK, here goes:
Pay attention dummass.