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In response to "It's....a couple of planes at most...so none -- nm" by ty97

(I say a couple because I think they build a decoy too, don't they?) -- (edited)

Posted by ty97 Dec 6 '16, 06:39

maybe I'm wrong about that. In which case it's *1* plane

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Not a decoy, but a second aircraft. Both are "Air Force One", which is a call-sign used only while the president is aboard. - TWuG Dec 6, 06:43 9
- Thanks. I would expect both should be replaced. 1990 planes aren't ancient, but they are aged and due soon or soon-ish for replacement. - ty97 Dec 6, 06:45 8
  - And it should be noted that United, Delta, European airlines, really all airlines, are retiring their 747-400 series aircraft in the near future - ty97 Dec 6, 06:47 7
    - AF-1 are 747-200's -- nm - decline Dec 6, 06:50 5
      - Technically they are VC-25As. :-) - TWuG Dec 6, 06:56
      - ewww. why? -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 06:54 3
        
        Because they're 30 years old. -- nm - Ender Dec 6, 07:04 2
        
        I meant 'why did they order -200s rather than -400s' but it looks like these were actually built in 1986 -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 07:05 1
        
        And I meant "they ordered -200s rather than -400s because it was 30 years ago". -- nm - Ender Dec 6, 07:08
    - Actually, I may be wrong about production shutting down soon. The cargo haulers tend to like the freighter version. -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 06:49
"In January, Boeing won a contract to start preliminary work on a new fleet of Air Force One presidential aircraft. " -- nm - decline Dec 6, 06:42 2
- You expect me to actually read the article, don't you. - ty97 Dec 6, 06:43
- (nor do I see anywhere that $4B cost. The initial payment on the contract was $26M) -- nm - decline Dec 6, 06:43

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