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From: ths@lanl.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: No favoritism in Washington Center
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Date: Fri, 13-Dec-85 11:44:17 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 13 11:44:17 1985
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> 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.

As I recall from the Smithsonian program, the situation involving the
resignation of President Nixon created an interesting exchange with ATC.
Nixon left Washington aboard "Air Force One". As they were enroute at the
appointed hour (12:00 Noon I think), the resignation became effective
and Air Force One advised Kansas City or Dallas Center of the change in call
sign to it's tail number.  I taped the program.....now if I can only find
it in my "unlabled library".

Ted Spitzmiller