Very interesting topic and glad to see they are thinking of keeping the old ones going http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/01/politics/us-air-force-one-bankrupt-russian-airline/index.html
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So no one finds it odd that out of all the airlines in the worldā¦they are buying it from a Russian airline?
from 2014 on, there have been 50 orders for 747-8 with, if I am not mistaken, ~15 still left to be delivered. Pretty sure there are other airlines that we could get the aircraft from without having such a conflict of interest.
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Iāve seen many various articles about this, and yeahā¦ quite a lot of people do find it a bit odd.
However, this is not the place for such a discussion :)
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š The Don is at it again!
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Could you add a brief summary of what the article says? Also what is your opinion on it?
These are just some things that you could add to your topic
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The jets are the property of Boeingā¦Transaero never took delivery of them.
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Thatās just ironic a Russian aircraft thatās going to be turned into Air Force one
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Well itās a Russian āAirlineā not the aircraft Boeing is from America and not Russia but it is very interesting :)
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I havenāt read this particular article but I read that they built 2 out of 4 aircraft the airline ordered but they went bankrupt before they were delivered, Boeing stored them in the mojave dessert for obvious reasons to sell on if possible. It would lower the costs as they could use those planes instead which Iām sure would have a big discount.
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It depends how they were planning to make Air Force One. The Plans could have been to make a normal aircraft then modify it.
Are you sure thereās an escape pod lol? I think thatās just from the movie, but Iām sure thereās anti missile defense.
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In my opinion itās not a great idea. Buying the aircraft that carries the US political leaders from a country that they have had much conflict with beforeā¦I just donāt like it.
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Theyāre buying them from Boeing I think.
Maybe it was from the movie lol, iām not sure. Would be dope if there was one though xD
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They are in storage near where I live! Iāll see if I can get any pics to show the IFC.
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So, trump will be flying an ex-Transaero (most likely) 747-8? Weird
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thats only in the movie lmao
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nope, the aircraft were built for transaero, but never delivered to the airline.
Yeah. Thatās what I mean.
I would like to see a brand new airforce one built from the ground up for him and not converted from a jet they built for a different airlines but would like to see it done as cost effectively as possibly
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