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Playinghardball

(11,665 posts) Fri Jan 31, 2014, 03:16 PM Jan 2014

USA Today: Obama on Air Force One: ‘It’s a nice plane’

…. President Obama talked about his very special form of transportation during his education speech Thursday in Nashville, where he talked about more professional training for students — including aviation.

Students can “work on your very own airplane,” Obama said. “That’s pretty cool — I didn’t get my own plane until I was 47 years old.”

“And it’s big!” one student helpfully added.

“Yes, it’s a nice plane,” Obama said. “But I’ve got to give it back.

“That’s the only thing. It’s a rental.”

More at: http://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2014/01/31/obama-air-force-one-joke-nashville-speech/5077031/

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AF1 despite being heavily modified, is actually an ancient 747-200 Blue_Tires Jan 2014 #1

Blue_Tires

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1. AF1 despite being heavily modified, is actually an ancient 747-200

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Fri Jan 31, 2014, 03:23 PM

Jan 2014

And is due to be replaced by the end of the decade...It will be interesting to see if the next AF1 is a 747-8I, 787-10 or a 777-9X...

(My personal vote is for the classic traditionalism of the 747-8I

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