Air Force One - Page 10

Rawknees'Turbo · 06-18-2019, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by island911

Dude, I was agreeing with you.

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

Ha ha - I finally got the Captain Obvious joke! Guess it took me so long due to the lack of smut content in it!

tcar · 06-18-2019, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

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

Interesting... I remember Kennedy and Nixon flying in 'Army One'..

island911 · 06-18-2019, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Rawknees'Turbo

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

Well I didn't want to reply to your post with ^Obviously^

That would have been too .. well, obvious. And what fun would that be?

Rawknees'Turbo · 06-18-2019, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by island911

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

grrr...

It will definitely be interesting to see if someone even remotely qualified, and interesting, comes forward, as when I see the likes of Biden, Bernie, and the others you mentioned in your previous post, I just want to point-n-laugh (same effect the Orange Man Bad has on me).

Jeff Higgins · 06-18-2019, 08:37 PM

Rawknees'Turbo · 06-18-2019, 08:41 PM

^^^

Island is at least 40 years older than that dude - way fatter, too!!!

drcoastline · 06-19-2019, 02:45 AM

I like Air Force one just the way it is.

KFC911 · 04:37 AM

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Originally Posted by drcoastline

I like Air Force one just the way it is.

It really ain't broke....yet

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edited: Dayum....YES....AF1 is broken

Has been for a couple of years now....missing something Presidential on board...jmho

Seahawk · 06-19-2019, 05:18 AM

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Originally Posted by flatbutt

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?

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.

kach22i · kach22i's Garage

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Originally Posted by island911

VIDEO

Thanks for posting that.

JFK Redesigns Air Force One
JFK Redesigns Air Force One - New England Historical Society

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Raymond Loewy, the world’s preeminent industrial designer, viewed the Air Force One design as hideous.

I was unimpressed by the gaudy red exterior markings and ... the amateurish graphics of Air Force One, he said.

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Then Loewy visited the National Archives to examine historic documents. He was struck by the first printed copy of the Declaration of Independence; it had the new country's name set widely spaced in capital letters in a typeface known as Caslon.

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

sammyg2 · 06-19-2019, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by kach22i

Thanks for posting that.

JFK Redesigns Air Force One
JFK Redesigns Air Force One - New England Historical Society

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

Post #138 in this thread:

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Originally Posted by oldE

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

I was gonna say you could ask JFK that question when he made a really big deal of the new paint scheme, but he's daid.

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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]

kach22i · kach22i's Garage

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Originally Posted by sammyg2

Post #138 in this thread:

You waste bandwidth when you do things like that, read the forum rules.

If you have a point then make it.

I found the article I posted to be of interest, others may as well.

javadog · 06-19-2019, 08:06 AM

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

dad911 · 06-19-2019, 08:21 AM

tl;dr - Other presidents changed colors, but TDS was not a disease then.

Paul - Interesting info. Having flown model helicopters (in the old days, mechanical gyros were just breaking ground) I have alot of respect for those that can fly the real thing.

George, welcome back, silence was deafening, I truly hope all is well. But really, don't you see the irony of calling out someone for wasting bandwidth?

flatbutt · 06-19-2019, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Seahawk

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.

Old school rules, cool. Thanks Paul.

KFC911 · 06-19-2019, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Seahawk

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.

That's so cool...the real version

KFC911 · 06-19-2019, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by javadog

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

'Bout the only thing he got right in '69...please don't tarnish Nixon's legacy and change it now

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pavulon · 06-19-2019, 09:10 AM

Some are fondly remembered for discovering a disease process and it is named after them (Hodgkin's lymphoma...). Others are fondly remembered for tackling a disease or problem (Jonas Salk...). However, if you are known for spreading (or being) a disease (Typhoid Mary, TDS), history is less kind.

sammyg2 · 06-19-2019, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by kach22i

If you have a point then make it.

OK, here goes:
Pay attention dummass.

KFC911 · 06-19-2019, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by sammyg2

OK, here goes:
Pay attention dummass.

You got my attention when you called me by name....but I still don't see yer point? Am I missin' sumthin?

Dummass