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From: john@gcc-milo.ARPA (John Allred)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: No favoritism in Washington Center
Message-ID: <406@gcc-milo.ARPA>
Date: Fri, 13-Dec-85 10:02:11 EST
Article-I.D.: gcc-milo.406
Posted: Fri Dec 13 10:02:11 1985
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Reply-To: john@gcc-milo.UUCP (John Allred)
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Organization: General Computer Company, Cambridge Ma
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Keywords: Air Force One, N26000
Summary: The Pres' Aircraft "N" number

In article <34678@lanl.ARPA> jlg@a.UUCP (Jim Giles) writes:
>
>I thought Air Force One used a different call sign when the president was
>aboard.  Some PBS program had a sequence on Air Force One a little while
>back (maybe Smithsonian World) and I'm sure it said that Air Force One went
>under a different name depending upon whether the president was aboard.
>When the president is not aboard, it still does a lot of flying but gets no
>special treatment from controllers.
>
>J. Giles
>Los Alamos

I remember (rather fuzzily, I admit) that Air Force One goes by N26000 when it
is not carrying the president.
--
John Allred
General Computer Company
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