Military Moves Forward with Plan to Make Air Force One Supersonic

Military.com ^ | September 1, 2020 | Oriana Pawlyk

[billorites]

In a related development President Trump will be modified to shoot laser beams from his eyes.

[Obadiah]

Another taxpayer sinkhole.

With all of the current communication technology, it’s hard to justify why a president needs to be anywhere across the globe in half the time.

Sure, maybe after the commercial technology has all been developed, but I can’t see why we need to be on the bleeding edge for this transport.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Boy, that will look cool taxing up the runway in Latrobe.

[adorno]

The outside of the plane will be painted orange.

When a democrat president is elected, the color will change to communist red, with a hammer-and-sickle on all sides of the plane.

[Moonman62]

I notice that Trump often flies on the smaller 757.

[Salvavida]

I want to see the military concept for 82nd Airborne. The exist has got to be cool. LOL.

[Mr. Blond]

Just use Zoom Meetings.

[cuban leaf]

It would be a lot cheaper and more effective to just design a really, REALLY good online meeting platform. Seriously.

[billorites]

"I notice that Trump often flies on the smaller 757."

The weight/thrust ratio allows the 757 to operate out of much shorter runways than the 747. That allows it into/out of places like Latrobe and Morristown, NJ.

It's also interesting to note that one of the big limiting factors of airports that the 747 can use is not runway length, but taxiway limitations on weight and especially wing span. The 747 is a big aircraft.

[xp38]

His old private jet was a 757. He probably feels right at home on the Air Force 1 version.

[Don W]

Just revamp the plans for this bird:

[knew it all the time]

He’s been using it on short trips and to smaller airports since he took office. I don’t recall Obummer ever flying any fixed wing other than the 747.

[billorites]

Cue the Ride of the Valkyries music.

[HighSierra5]

That’s because the 747 had to lift Moochelle.

[HighSierra5]

One of those beauties crashed.

[jimtorr]

It was an air-to-air with an F-104 chase plane during a photo shoot.

[smokingfrog]

Heavy lift ✈️

[moovova]

This calls for a revamp of "Air Force One".

Preferably without Harrison Ford.

[doorgunner69]

One of the sexiest airplanes ever designed.

[MikeSteelBe]

I have a 1/72 scale model of that. You can get an idea of how large that plane is comparing it to my other 1/72 scale models.