Given the needs for Comm, I'd bet Air Force 1 makes the trip and the helicopters are just shuttles. I believe they also fly his car(s) around for local travel as well. Regards, Bob S.
On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 3:15 PM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: > How far do you think the President of the U.S. travels by helicopter before > the distance becomes so great that they'd use Air Force 1 instead? > > I'm pretty sure I saw "Marine One" pass over my house about half an hour > ago, headed north towards DC, and I know Obama was down at Ft. Bragg this > morning. > > By automobile, it would be about 327 miles from the White House to 18th > Airborne Corps HQ (according to Google Maps)... figure about 250 miles "as > the crow flies". > > I just wonder if they'd make the entire trip in the helicopter or if they'd > take a helicopter out to Andrews to meet Air Force 1 and another helicopter > would be staged down at Pope AFB to make the hop over to Corps HQ (or where > ever they met the soldiers). > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
