Posted on 05/06/2009 1:06:58 PM PDT by Son House
"We'll release its findings and release a photo," he said.
That was after Gibbs indicated Tuesday that the White House would not release any images.
"I've watched CNN," he said at the time, noting the considerable coverage from amateur footage. "I didn't notice a lack of archival material from that flight."
The flyover triggered panic among New Yorkers as well as the internal review by the Obama administration.
Officials last week sent an Air Force One backup plane to fly over lower Manhattan to capture the presidential plane with the Statue of Liberty in the background. The public was not notified in advance that there should be no cause for alarm.
Some New Yorkers were reminded of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, sparking chaos as employees evacuated office buildings and inundated emergency call centers to raise the alarm.
President Obama soon after denounced the photo-op, which cost $328,835, calling it "a mistake."
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At what altitude do most jet planes fly?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060913153433AAWR1gZ
Most passenger jets fly between around 31000 and 37000 feet depending on their weight and the distance being flown, however the smaller business jets typically operate up to 45000 feet and in the case of Concorde it went as high as 51000. At those kinds of altitudes you can see the curvature of the earth, it is quite spectacular.
The reason is that at high altitudes in thinner air jet engines work more efficiently by burning a lot less fuel and the ground speed of the aircraft is significantly higher than the airspeed the aircraft is measuring,
The reason is that at high altitudes in thinner air jet engines work more efficiently by burning a lot less fuel
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So they were wasting gas too by flying at 1000 feet
That’s very funny! I can imagine a series of postcards depicting Air Force One menacing various NYC landmarks. Hell, why stop there. Menace national landmarks, too!
Let's hope it's one of those Congressionally-mandated micro-flow toilets, that can't actually flush anything.
A passenger list please...
I want a copy of the passenger list.
Who can trust this bunch of poll-driven loons with the nation’s business? Apparently, no one is in charge.
Fox forced them to cough up the Photos with a Freefom of Information demand
I agree. We paid for it, we should be able to see it all.
Yeah, we'll see where that goes. Into a round file labeled "FUBO."
"Fascism Under Barack 0bama."
Single seat Fighters are not usually the Platform used for a Photo Op. Let’s see the manifest.
The never-to-be-audited Obama Campaign Fund should be forced to reimburse us for this FUBAR episode.
BTTT
Yes,who was on the plane!!!
Didn’t AF chasers fly behind the Jumbo???
How could they take the pictures of Zerojumbo showing it from the side (one would want that, no?) on the front of ...?
Smells more like joyride for bunch of Zero’s hippie community organizers.
Release “a” photo? Only one was taken? Of course not. Release them all. We paid for them!
Could it be, could it possibly be, that “the annointed one” and Michelle were on board?
this is not the passenger list you are looking for...
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