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"Is that stroy true? Did that really happen? That must have been surreal for that other pilot!!!" (about the British Airways pilot supposedly seeing AF-1.)

I tend to doubt the story because that plane would have to be awfully close to AF-1 to be able to see the markings. Wouldn't it?? OTOH, I've read that AF-1 was flying "dark" and didn't have all of the electronic gizmos lit up & functioning. Haven't read anything (yet) as to whether or not AF-1 had a complement of escorts which I think is SOP.

The other thing that bothers me is that I think the Gulfstream 5 is about half the size of AF-1. One wouldn't think a commercial airline pilot would be fooled into confusing it w/ a Boeing 747. However, I'm mindful that any plane the president is passenger on is technically "Air Force One".

It IS a good story though; I just have some doubts as to its veracity.

From all that's been reported, this is true about Airforce One. According to Jim Angle, with Fox, the British pilot immediately understood that answer (Gulfstream 5) was so obviously wrong, that there was something up and he didn't press the issue.

Bravo for him to keep the secret!