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Air Force One Photo Opp Triggers Panic in Manhattan
ABC News Blogs ^ | April 27, 2009 | MARK CRUDELE, RICHARD ESPOSITO and LISA STARK

Posted on 04/27/2009 10:25:47 AM PDT by KayEyeDoubleDee

A photo shoot involving a 747 used as Air Force One and two fighter jets flying at low altitude led to hundreds of frightened calls from residents and workers in Lower Manhattan this morning, triggering memories of 9-11 as many evacuated their offices...

According to officials, the flight -- authorized by the FAA -- came in as low as 1000 feet to 150 feet above the city as it made a large circle over Manhattan, Staten Island, and New Jersey...

Other officials noted that they were led to believe the flight would be limited to the area near the Statue of Liberty, however the flight pattern was above a much larger portion of New York and at an extremely low altitude.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; US: New Jersey; US: New York
KEYWORDS: af1; attentionwhore; bho44; bhoairforceone; bhofaa; faa; georgelucas; lookatme; omamagaffes; photoop; publicitystunt; redtails; tuskegeeairmen
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It's difficult to describe - maybe even to imagine - the contempt that 0Bambi and his minions must have for the people of this country.
1 posted on 04/27/2009 10:25:47 AM PDT by KayEyeDoubleDee
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To: KayEyeDoubleDee

Unbelievably moronic. I can’t fathom the stupidity of this.


2 posted on 04/27/2009 10:26:44 AM PDT by lainie (The US congress is full to the brim of absolutely disgusting thieves who deserve humiliating ouster.)
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a 747 used as Air Force One

their story just keeps on changing...
3 posted on 04/27/2009 10:27:43 AM PDT by novemberslady
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I can’t fathom the stupidity of this.

Neither can I.

It's gonna be a long four years.

4 posted on 04/27/2009 10:27:52 AM PDT by KayEyeDoubleDee
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To: KayEyeDoubleDee

On earlier threads, before the plane was ID’d, one Freeper said her husband was calling her from the stair well of his building as they were being evacuated. What a jerk BO is—not to mention the waste of employer’s money,employee time and the FEAR they engendered.


5 posted on 04/27/2009 10:28:20 AM PDT by JoyjoyfromNJ (Psalm 121)
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Calling “Al ‘carbon footprint’ Gore!”


6 posted on 04/27/2009 10:28:20 AM PDT by Don Corleone (Leave the gun..take the cannoli now reads "Oil the gun..eat the cannolis.")
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There is a special place in hell for folks this kind of stupid.

Mind boggling.


7 posted on 04/27/2009 10:28:29 AM PDT by stentorian conservative (I'm tired of being Johnny B. Goode and I'm gonna start being Johnny Reb.)
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There is a special place in hell for folks this kind of stupid.

Mind boggling.


8 posted on 04/27/2009 10:28:36 AM PDT by stentorian conservative (I'm tired of being Johnny B. Goode and I'm gonna start being Johnny Reb.)
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That picture is frightening if you look at it from the prism of a 9/11 witness. Ugh.


9 posted on 04/27/2009 10:29:12 AM PDT by smith288 (Americans suffer from Stockholm Syndrome with the government)
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There is a special place in hell for folks this kind of stupid.

Yeah, and what about the folks who are stupid enough to vote for folks this kind of stupid?

More than half of our fellow countrymen voted for this insanity.

10 posted on 04/27/2009 10:30:03 AM PDT by KayEyeDoubleDee
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worth sayin’ twice apparently.


11 posted on 04/27/2009 10:30:11 AM PDT by stentorian conservative (I'm tired of being Johnny B. Goode and I'm gonna start being Johnny Reb.)
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To: lainie

How incredibly irresponsible.


12 posted on 04/27/2009 10:30:25 AM PDT by Trust but Verify
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According to officials - Other officials noted that they were led to believe,oh boy the government in action the dummung down is paying off.


13 posted on 04/27/2009 10:30:37 AM PDT by Vaduz
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Well, technically, it’s not Air Force One unless The President is on board.

The clarification seems to say that Obammy wasn’t there.


14 posted on 04/27/2009 10:30:52 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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Do these people even think???


15 posted on 04/27/2009 10:31:08 AM PDT by fml
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a 747 used as Air Force One

Technically, an Air Force plane is not "Air Force One" unless POTUS (and presumably, TOTUS) is on board. At all other times, it goes by its normal identifier.

The other branches of the armed forces use the same convention. For instance, "Marine One" is the helicopter that lands on the lawn of the White House -- but only when the President is on board.

Reportedly, "Cadillac One" is the nickname of the armored limousine.

16 posted on 04/27/2009 10:31:55 AM PDT by justlurking (The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.)
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I think it was a stunt for his 100 days press conference that went horribly wrong.


17 posted on 04/27/2009 10:32:34 AM PDT by Kakaze (Exterminate Islamofacism and apologize for nothing.....except not doing it sooner!)
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To: SJSAMPLE

They’re lying through their teeth.


18 posted on 04/27/2009 10:32:40 AM PDT by novemberslady
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Several bits of idiocy here:

(1) Doing it at 10 am Monday morning, and freaking out all the people working in lower Manhattan, rather than at 7am Sunday when most people would be asleep and not notice it.

(2) Not notifying the media, police, etc at least 24 hours ahead of time, so they could tell people on the prior night's evening news "This is gonna happen, don't freak".

(3) Couldn't this "photo op" have been done more cheaply using computer imaging, rather than tie up 3 expensive jets?

19 posted on 04/27/2009 10:32:54 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money -- Thatcher)
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Local authorities were notified, however they were told NOT to notify the public.

I guess they wanted to get some ‘public panic’ shots, as well as shots of the aircraft.

Some Hollywood mogul making a movie, and the Obama administration cooperating.

He is likely still laughing about the ‘panic’ caused.

Wonder who pocketed the money the PRODUCER had to pay to get use of the Presidential Aircraft????????

Probably Rahm.


20 posted on 04/27/2009 10:33:45 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The Last Boy Scout)
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