Air Force One Point One

[Minuteman]

 

[A150K]

I don't like it. Looks like a livery straight from a made up airline on Microsoft Flight Sim 2004 or something...

 

[Boris Badenov]

It's less bad than I would expect from Trump. Except the fromage flag-pin on the tail, that seems about right.

There was nothing wrong with the other one.

 

[pwttogfk]

As bad as the exterior is…if he had any input on the interior

 

[Fixtur]

The livery is less bad than what I would have expected. That's about all I can say about it.

 

[WacoFan]

They replaced an iconic Raymond Loewy livery with a basic bitch corporate jet paint scheme. Trump has "good taste" if you are living in an Arkansas mobile home. He is complete trash.

 

[ahw01]

It looks like a giant Tylenol…

 

[A150K]

They replaced an iconic Raymond Loewy livery with a basic bitch corporate jet paint scheme. Trump has "good taste" if you are living in an Arkansas mobile home. He is complete trash.

The trailer trash version of a rich man. If he wasn't born rich, he would be just like one of those pieces of garbage in the crowd at his rallies in procession of 3 teeth.

 

[derg]

Trump reminds me of what a poor person talks about what they’d do if they were rich.

“I’d have a golden toilet and I’d wear a red tie, every day and feel fancy! Then I’d marry that girl at the club!”

 

[thepotato232]

Surely it's not just me that thought of this?

 

[derg]

Surely it's not just me that thought of this?


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That’s… poetic.

Kind of like painting the reflecting pool and having it become a mossy swamp.

 

[Maximilian_Jenius]

I don't really see any countermeasures or the traditional mess of antennae for comms.

Wonder if this got rushed for America250 and actual EIS will be years from now.

I take back park of that when I look along the crown, fair number of low-profile antennae that aren't on civil aircraft.

From Google:

The Qatar-gifted Boeing 747-8 serving as a temporary "bridge" Air Force One is expected to operate primarily for domestic flights. The aircraft will be limited mostly to US airspace because it lacks some of the highly classified communication and defensive countermeasure systems present on the official, custom-built presidential fleet.

Because it lacks the heavy defensive armaments and classified, jam-proof communication suites required for hostile international environments, the Air Force will largely restrict it to domestic missions.

Once the official Boeing replacements are delivered, this gifted 747 is expected to be retired to the Trump Presidential Library Foundation.

 

[Conrad]

Donald Trump purchased the Eastern Air Lines Shuttle in 1989 and rebranded it as the Trump Shuttle. He spent a million dollars per plane to outfit the fleet's interiors with beige leather seats, maple-wood veneer, and gold-plated fixtures in the bathrooms. [1, 2, 3]
However, this lavish approach to aviation proved impractical:

• Weight Issues: Real marble sinks were too heavy for the airframe, forcing the airline to install faux-marble instead. [1]
• Operational Difficulties: Plush carpeting and thick burgundy rugs made it physically difficult for flight attendants to push their service carts down the aisles. [1]
• Business Demise: High fuel costs, heavy debt from acquiring the planes, and an economic downturn resulted in massive losses, leading Trump to hand the airline over to creditors in 1992. [1, 2, 3]

 

[Kingairer]

This will just become his private aircraft in 2 more years. Getting it refurbed to his taste is a tax payer funded perk in his eyes.
I don’t mind the livery, just the flag looks stupid on the tail.

 

[Skåning]

Then I’d marry that girl at the club

Well he married one of Epstein’s girls his third time, so kinda the same??

 

[knot4u]

From Google:

The Qatar-gifted Boeing 747-8 serving as a temporary "bridge" Air Force One is expected to operate primarily for domestic flights. The aircraft will be limited mostly to US airspace because it lacks some of the highly classified communication and defensive countermeasure systems present on the official, custom-built presidential fleet.

Because it lacks the heavy defensive armaments and classified, jam-proof communication suites required for hostile international environments, the Air Force will largely restrict it to domestic missions.

Once the official Boeing replacements are delivered, this gifted 747 is expected to be retired to the Trump Presidential Library Foundation.

Not to mention both existing VC-25As will be available despite one being "decommissioned". I'm unsure how many folks around here are aware of the scope of operation it requires anytime the POTUS goes anywhere and it's non-partisan. I dealt with AF1 as a line service guy at KBUR after the Northridge earthquake when Clinton came to LA on a 707. I'm not going to retell the story but I will say the Secret Service is very effective, efficient and have one purpose in mind and they don't care about stepping on toes, spending money or hurting feelings. The amount of heavy iron that landed everywhere from Edwards to Burbank to LAX was impressive.