How do former presidents fly

In the pictures in the social media posts Trump is travelling in the VC Air Force One, the details of which can be seen here and here. In contrast, Biden is travelling in a C, which is a smaller Boeing , see here. Trump himself used the C on multiple occasions, as seen in footage from the USA Military channel and Reuters photos here , here , here and here.

Obama also used the C, as shown in Reuters photos here and here. The smaller plane is used for shorter trips to smaller airports with shorter runways, as explained by the New York Times here and a Penn State university blog here. This would explain why Biden used the C plane for a minute trip from Washington D. A video of Biden taking the Oath of Office at his inauguration on Jan.

A National Geographic video shows a sign in the galley: President Bush took his coffee black with Equal, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice took decaf with cream and Equal on the side. No need to ask! During the first 15 years of the Presidential Airlift Group, propeller-driven planes served the President of the United States. Then along came the Boeing passenger jet. President Dwight D. Eisenhower used a Boeing Stratoliner in August to fly to Europe, and the rest is history.

President John F. Kennedy became the first president to use a jet that was built specifically for presidential use after he came into office. In , he began flying in a modified Boeing This iteration of Air Force One is historic for another reason: It carried his body back to Washington after he was assassinated in Dallas in The then-First Lady commissioned designer Raymond Loewy to create a new interior for Air Force One, and she oversaw the redesign of the blue exterior that still makes Air Force One so recognizable today.

Ford that his crew loaded it onto Air Force One and hauled cases back to Washington after their trips out west. What a crew! Have you seen videos of the president disembarking from Air Force One and then climbing into his usual tank-like limo — even in another country?

This way, presidents have safe transportation both in the air and once they reach their destination. This plane there are reportedly four of them in existence , the E-B4 Advanced Airborne Command Post, is an airborne nuclear bunker and command center that was designed at the height of the Cold War to resist a nuclear attack. It trails the president in case of an emergency, and just like Air Force One planes, most of its tech specs and capabilities are classified.

Air Force One has not one but two kitchens, and the fare is far better than what the rest of us eat when we fly. Most of the on-board eats are created in a special, safe kitchen at Joint Base Andrews, where they are then vacuum-sealed and frozen; the crew then cooks or reheats meals onboard the plane.

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