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So....I shouldn't even give it this much thought....but if he does cancel the AF1 order, then what?

Posted by ty97 Dec 6 '16, 07:28

There are no other large US aircraft manufacturers left (they all merged). Is he going to buy Airbus? (no, he's not)

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here's a thing saying $3bn in case we care. -- (link) - university of amanda jones Dec 6, 07:36 2
- "the new plane will be the longest in the world and will be capable of resisting nuclear blasts and deflecting heat-seeking missiles. " -- (edited) - ty97 Dec 6, 07:46 1
  - 250ft long - decline Dec 6, 07:48
Airbus declined to bid as building only 3 planes in the US wouldn't have been economical - TWuG Dec 6, 07:35 3
- Airbus has a manufacturing, or at least assembly, plant in some southern state (AL? MS?) - ty97 Dec 6, 07:39 2
  - AL. It's for A320s and variants only. -- nm - Roger More Dec 6, 07:44 1
    - That's what I thought, thanks -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 07:47
oh, and....... -- (link) - ty97 Dec 6, 07:32 2
- that's just a bit of semantics, as with the 747-200 / VC-25A's, the base is a 747-8 which will be vastly modified -- nm - decline Dec 6, 07:33 1
  - Not semantics. He is telling his base he will cancel an order that does not exist. -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 07:34
This is not really that unprecendented. When Obama took office he cancelled an upgrade to Marine One - decline Dec 6, 07:30 5
- also, the AF1 upgrade project isn't set to be completed (and planes in the air) until 2023 -- nm* - decline Dec 6, 07:31 4
  - Which is why the oder needs to continue. The current AF1 planes were built in 1986. They will be ancient by 2023 -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 07:32 3
    - (This isn't me being political BTW. We are going to need new planes, if we continue to plan to own planes) -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 07:38 2
      - true. -- nm - decline Dec 6, 07:39 1
        
        And if he can get a better deal...yay? But this is such small potatoes -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 07:40
Future presidents have no plane! -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 07:30 4
- He's Trump, he'll just hire a bunch of people to flap their arms really hard - Strongbad Dec 6, 07:31 2
  - No, this does not effect him. This is for the future! -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 07:33
  - harness the power of tweets! -- nm - Beaker Dec 6, 07:32
- Zeppelins are the wave of the future! -- nm - Beaker Dec 6, 07:31

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So....I shouldn't even give it this much thought....but if he does cancel the AF1 order, then what?

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