Posted on 02/09/2007 9:17:55 AM PST by Jean S
Which is oh so much horse pucky it's laughable. The Pentagon has given the Speaker a plane since 9-11 "for security reasons" - they hadn't stopped the practice. My feeling is that since Nancy and the Dems don't feel there's a security risk anymore, let's discontinue the plane.
And really - she'd refuel at an Air Force Base for cryin' out loud - doesn't she think THAT would be secure enough?
Does that take into account flying against the jet stream??? Going west you'd be up against head winds, going east you can pick up quite a boost.
Assume a 100 NMPH headwind and a four hour flight. That would reduce the range to 3700 NM. SFO is about 2400 NM from Warshington.
Alright, Nancy Pelosi. STFU. You're NOT getting a big jet, you're NOT going to be flying out of Andrews "just because" and you are going to be hearing from more Americans than you think there are on the planet if you keep this crap up.
You're JUST a congresswoman. You're NOT royalty. So... get off the planet, or act like a human being. You eat, sleep and yes, even EXCRETE just like the rest of us, and when you run out of toilet paper... you do what everyone else in a public rest room does... you ask the person in the next stall it they would be so kind as to hand you a few sheets too.
Good God people... this is a woman just like anyone else. And if she and Murtha are threatening the Pentagon (they are) then they need to be RECALLED OUT OF OFFICE ASAP.
Start such a stir US-Wide that they have NO other option but to shut up and go away, or QUIT.
Nutcase Nancy, boo-hoo, the big bad Pentagon is hitting a `lil girl.
What mentally ill drivel!
You may very well be on to something, dude or dudette!
I for one do not have a problem with using our Military or Secret Service to protect selected key leaders. However, why does it have to be for free? Why not charge the normal first class air fare for any leader who uses this option? That rate would also apply to anyone that flies on the plane (except crew and body guards). The same would apply to anyone who flies on AF-1 except for the President, his staff and his immediate family.
That charge would probably not cover all costs, but it would damn well limit the free loaders.
Also the number of people on board would reduce the range of the aircraft. Pelosi is asking for a plane with a capacity for 55 people. The smaller plane, no doubt would be full.
That seems a little too linear. I'm no pilot though. I thought the faster you went, as you approached the speed of sound that the drag increased in an accelerated slope and then there was a plateau. I could be entirely wrong though.
No, it would be linear. The airspeed would not change, only the groundspeed. The aircraft is aloft in a fluid. It would be cruising at its designed airspeed whatever direction the wind was.
I was thinking about fuel consumption. The main limiting factor in range.
But that makes sense now.
As You have noted, Aeronaut is precisely correct. pelosi is having delusions of grandeur that only 149,000 voters in her looney left brained district gave her in her last election. I doubt her senatorial Collegues from CA think she deserves even the Gulfstream, let her fly Commercial, pigeon class personnally sounds about right.
Considering the C-32's are much plusher than the Gulfstreams, why not charge rates comparable to international first class or even private chartered jets?
Lets start working for 2008!!! Two years of this anri-American, morally corrupt Democrat control of The House amd Senate is disgusting and the Pubs that stayed home and didn't vote should hang their heads ln shame.
Details here: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/FactSheets/FS-089-DFRC.html
Long and short: Range 3,400 Nautical Miles fully loaded or 4,000 Stature Miles in the air with 12 passengers plus crew.
Washington, DC to San Francisco via air 2,017 Nautical Miles or 2,394 Statute Miles.
Other than the Bedroom Suite, Hot Tub, room for all her family, staff, contributors, etc., what's the problem?
If a Gulfstream III could haul Denny to Illinois, it oughta be able to carry Nancy, her extended family, and half the lobbyists in D.C. in San Fran with fuel to spare.
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