"Gattman" wrote in message ...

"Dave S" wrote in message ...


Marine One is ususally the call sign of the helicopter carrying the president, since that is the service brance
detailed with carrying the president, both home and away, by helicopter.

Trivia: The next-generation HMX-1 (Marine One) helicopter:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:U...082007-002.jpg

I used to see HMX-1 helicopters at Quantico. There's a wall there so you couldn't see exactly what was going on when
they were on the ground, but you could see when it departed.

-c

Yup, not even an American made 'copter. Is the new AirForce 1 going to be an Airbus?

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