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Air Force One safe after aborted landing
NJ.com ^

Posted on 09/09/2003 9:33:43 AM PDT by Sub-Driver

Edited on 07/06/2004 6:39:08 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP)

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: af1; afone; airforceone; airseclist; bush; motorcade; potus

1 posted on 09/09/2003 9:33:43 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver
Someone's in trouble now.
2 posted on 09/09/2003 9:36:51 AM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: billorites
I would NOT want to be the person who ordered that driver to drive across the runway.
3 posted on 09/09/2003 9:47:03 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn’t be, in its eyes, a slave.)
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To: Sub-Driver
Very Big Oops.
4 posted on 09/09/2003 9:48:21 AM PDT by CheneyChick (Yes on Recall, No on Bustamante.)
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To: Sub-Driver
The next words out of the drivers mouth will be "You want fries with that?"
6 posted on 09/09/2003 9:49:35 AM PDT by Spruce
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To: CheneyChick
OOPS squared
7 posted on 09/09/2003 9:54:40 AM PDT by Shmokey (Always be prepared)
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To: Sub-Driver
Whoa, that's some words you never want to hear recorded on the ATC audiotape..."XXXX Tower, Air Force One going missed approach!"

Betcha that clogged the local airspace up pretty good as well. I wonder how big a "safe zone" they establish when AF1 is coming in to an airport?

}:-)4
8 posted on 09/09/2003 10:03:42 AM PDT by Moose4 (These are my antlers. There are many like them, but these two are mine.)
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To: Moose4
"XXXX Tower, Air Force One going missed approach!"

Followed by the sound of 10 ATC controllers puckering at once.

9 posted on 09/09/2003 10:12:34 AM PDT by Jonah Hex (kittens are only dangerous if you're a 'Rat.)
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To: Sub-Driver
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10 posted on 09/09/2003 10:25:03 AM PDT by B-Chan (Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
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To: Sub-Driver
It was a good call by the tower.

Took some stones to do.

Now about the driver of that limo . . .

11 posted on 09/09/2003 10:54:16 AM PDT by Happy2BMe (LIBERTY has arrived in Iraq - Now we can concentrate on HOLLYWEED!)
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To: Sub-Driver
A go-around that delayed the flight 3 minutes?

Har to believe a 747 can do a fly around and land with only a 3 minute delay. Was W. flying another fighter jet by chance?

12 posted on 09/09/2003 11:34:45 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: 1Old Pro
Heck, it took me a full 5 minutes or so to do a touch and go pattern with a Tiger - and the pattern altitude was 650 feet!

I'd give the 747 missed approach about 12 minutes so so...
13 posted on 09/09/2003 11:40:52 AM PDT by bootless (Never Forget)
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To: bootless
The tower controller did good. He should be commended for being alert. That could just as easily have been a car load of bearded men named Mohammed holding stinger missiles or RPGs. No vehicle should be parked near the runway without the permission of the tower.

Besides, those AF-1 pilots could probably use some go-around practice anyway.

14 posted on 09/09/2003 12:59:13 PM PDT by snopercod (And if it is a despot you would dethrone, see first that his throne erected within you is destroyed.)
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