Posted on 08/31/2020 10:42:22 PM PDT by weston
GREAT NEWS.
Wow 52%. Wonder what the REAL numbers are!
Presidential pilots have more training and common sense that professional basketball player helicopter pilots.
The New Desperado Party
Two GOP congressmen ask AG Barr to determine whether Pelosi’s SOTU speech rip was a criminal act
Following Trump’s 2020 address in February, the House Speaker publicly tore up her copy of the president’s words
By Sophie Mann Updated: September 4, 2020 - 10:05am
FTA
The chairman of the Republican Policy Committee, Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Ala.), and the chairman of the Republican Study Committee, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) asked Barr in a letter Tuesday to comment on whether “Pelosi committed a criminal act by destroying an official copy of the State of the Union speech delivered to her” by the president.
The congressmen suspect the speaker may have violated U.S. Code 18 § 2071, which addresses the general mutilation of official federal records and reports. According to the law, the destruction of an official federal record could carry a sentence of up to three years in prison.
A spokesperson for the speaker, in addition to independent fact-checkers, say Pelosi did not violate the law and that her copy of the address was personal property and not a government record.
Clouds with Drizzling Rain Prevented “Marine One” From Flying Trump To U.S. cemetery near Paris
November 11, 2018 David Cenciotti
On Saturday Nov. 10, 2018, President Trump was scheduled to travel to Belleau Wood, 55 miles northeast of Paris, as part of the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the end of WWI.
Belleau Wood is where the US troops had their breakthrough battle by stopping a German push for Paris shortly after entering the war in 1917.
“The battle of Belleau Wood proved America’s mettle to allies and foes alike, and by the time the war ended U.S. forces were at least an equal to any of the other major armies, which were exhausted and depleted. The Aisne-Marne American Cemetery at Belleau contains the graves of 2,289 servicemen and commemorates 1,060 others who fell at Bealleau Wood,” Metro reported.
Although it had been planned for months, the trip was canceled because, according to the White House, bad weather “grounded” his helicopter, “considered ill-equipped to make the short journey because of the clouds and drizzle”.
The cancellation drew much criticism: someone said the VH-3 and VH-60 flown by the U.S. Marine Corps HMX-1 (Marine Helicopter Squadron One) should be able to fly in rain and moderate bad weather; others say the president should have had a back-up plan that foresaw a different way to travel to Aisne-Marne regardless of the weather.
According to the Washington Post, the Secret Service determines when it’s safe to fly “Marine One“: when President of the U.S. travels aboard the VH-3D or any other chopper operated by HMX-1, the helicopter uses the radio callsign “Marine One” by which the aircraft is known). Paris was covered in clouds with drizzling rain through most of Saturday.
The helicopters, based at Quantico, Virginia, south of Washington DC but often operating out of an alert facility at Naval Support Facility Anacostia, in DC, much closer to the White House than Quantico, are transferred to the place where POTUS will stay, ahead of his visit, in C-17 cargo aircraft.
Even though some of the HMX-1 helicopters, especially the legendary VH-3Ds are quite old, they have been regularly upgraded and they are equipped with cutting edge avionics, communication system and self-defenses. We don’t know at what time the White House and Secret Services staff canceled the trip so we can’t be sure of the real (and forecasted) weather conditions along the route. Surely, regardless to whether the aircraft is carrying the POTUS, a VIP or someone else, weather conditions including fog, rain, low ceiling and wind, along with the terrain characteristics, airspaces, etc. must be taken into proper consideration when planning a low altitude trip. And they may lead to cancellations.
Here below you can find an interesting thread that provides some insights into the way POTUS trips are planned. Indeed, there should always be a backup plan for the world’s most important Head of State.
Better to err on the side of caution when flying a helicopter for non-essential travel.
Nice breakfast, I love raspberry jam.
Thanks.
Have a MAGA Day.
Friend at airport going back east, just texted that she is the only blonde there.
Mostly black people travelling.
She said it doesn’t look like they like her Trump mask.
LOL.
Agree. And the SS also said “no” to travelling by car because they hadn’t secured the route ... which can take days if not weeks.
More Champagne PLEASE
IT has been that 3 years, 227 days, 21 hours, 54 minutes and 15 seconds that Hillary is not your president.
Praise the Lord
Bolton, no fan of Trump’s, on the decision for Trump to skip Belleau Woods
So first the media mocks Trump that he cancelled because it rained. Now the media is trying another tactic. I guess they forgot to read Bolton’s book.
My dad used to put his pants on the floor when he went to bed. One morning he rose, put his pants on, and was stung on the butt by a scorpion. He never left his pants on the floor again.
I hope that’s the end of this. He shouldn’t even have to defend himself against such accusations.
The Atlantic Magazine is dying, like most magazines, so they make up a fake story in order to gain some relevance. Story already refuted, but this is what we are up against. Just like the Fake Dossier. You fight and and fight, and then people realize it was a total fraud!
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