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A coworker is taking lessons at the local airport and he mentioned
having the get out of the way of Air Force 7 which was a 757 hanging around the area for a few days. Off at a distance a few days ago I noticed a 757 flying around the airport and wondered what it was. 757's are not normally seen in this area to say nothing of 767's, 747's and 777's. thnx |
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"Scott" wrote
A coworker is taking lessons at the local airport and he mentioned having the get out of the way of Air Force 7 which was a 757 hanging around the area for a few days. Off at a distance a few days ago I noticed a 757 flying around the airport and wondered what it was. 757's are not normally seen in this area to say nothing of 767's, 747's and 777's. Probably the Secretary of Defense, or some other Cabinet post. It would be the seventh executive mission of the day I suspect. |
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![]() Scott wrote in message m... A coworker is taking lessons at the local airport and he mentioned having the get out of the way of Air Force 7 which was a 757 hanging around the area for a few days. Off at a distance a few days ago I noticed a 757 flying around the airport and wondered what it was. 757's are not normally seen in this area to say nothing of 767's, 747's and 777's. thnx The US has one or more 767 painted in "Air Force One" colors. I don't think there are any 757 painted as such. Working my way through college I used to refuel airliners. It was very difficult for me to tell a 757 from 767, at any distance, except by looking at the pointy end of the aft fuselage where the APU exhausted. In one aircraft the fuselage was painted almost to the tip of the APU exhaust, while the other aircraft had a few feet of stainless steel or unpainted surface on the aft end. I can't remember which had which. Of course the 757 is a narrow-body and the 767 is a wide-body, but that's not as easy to determine at a distance as one might imagine. -- Scott -------- Saudi Arabia is the enemy, let's stop pretending otherwise. http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=1399 |
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![]() "tscottme" wrote in message ... Scott wrote in message m... A coworker is taking lessons at the local airport and he mentioned having the get out of the way of Air Force 7 which was a 757 hanging around the area for a few days. Off at a distance a few days ago I noticed a 757 flying around the airport and wondered what it was. 757's are not normally seen in this area to say nothing of 767's, 747's and 777's. thnx The US has one or more 767 painted in "Air Force One" colors. I don't think there are any 757 painted as such. The 757 is replacing the VC-137. I don't know where you gat a 767 painted in presidential colors from. |
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No, there are currently no 767s in the inventory. There are some 757-200s
used as C-32A VIP transports and they have the Air Force 1 type color schemes. -- Jim Atkins Twentynine Palms CA USA "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx |
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![]() "Jim Atkins" wrote in message et... No, there are currently no 767s in the inventory. There are some 757-200s used as C-32A VIP transports and they have the Air Force 1 type color schemes. Thanls for verifying that information. |
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![]() "Scott" wrote in message m... A coworker is taking lessons at the local airport and he mentioned having the get out of the way of Air Force 7 which was a 757 hanging around the area for a few days. Off at a distance a few days ago I noticed a 757 flying around the airport and wondered what it was. The VC-137s (707) are being replaced by 757s. |
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