Funny ATC Audio - AIR FORCE ONE Departs KLAS with Funny Pilot Commentary!

[@samirasorchiaireland2133]

My last flight out had a delay, we couldn’t figure out why. Then the Captain turned our plane a bit to watch Air Force 2 take off. It was hilarious listening to passengers comment on how huge the plane was!

[@charisma-hornum-fries]

I was stuck in Cairo in a 58c heatwave inside a plane at the gate for 4 hours because Air Force One landed ahead of schedule. It was yuk!

[@CommentsAllowed]

I would be annoyed for the delay, but also thrilled to experience seeing these amazing planes. The Dreamlifter would be cool too. But nothing would of beat getting to see the Antonov An-225 Mriya... :-(

[@averestless]

@@CommentsAllowed The Antonov An-225 Mriya is no more :(

[@CommentsAllowed]

@@averestless It's so sad :-(

[@Team_Fortress2]

@@averestless lol.

[@jamesblunt006]

Commercial airline pilots hate delays caused by waiting for another aircraft to take off or land. Except if it is Air Force One. Or maybe Anatov AN-225. Then it's cool.

[@aycc-nbh7289]

What if the next Air Force One was an Antonov AN-225?

[@sherlockholmes2096]

@@aycc-nbh7289 it'd be a nightmare pressurizing that goliath of a plane

[@M3PH11]

Russia Destroy the AN-225 in the ukraine invasion.

[@abandonedaccount123]

so about the 225...

[@officerahmo]

Well.. I guess now it's just Air Force One pilots are fine with...

[@matthewb9824]

Damn, the sound quality coming out of the AF1 radio was appalling!

[@motoman22atgmail]

1.21 Gigawatts is a lot for civilian towers to handle at close range

[@motoman22atgmail]

Bodhi Geraci Great Scott!

[@heyrod59]

@@BodhiGeraci most towers can't handle the broadcast signal from AF-1, as it's a bit overpowering and comes in garbled/staticky as you heard. Nor may it's not like that with regular airliners....

[@vbscript2]

@@heyrod59 motoman's comments were joking and were making Back to the Future references. AF1's COM radio isn't "too powerful" for ATC towers. The recordings we're hearing are not what the controllers were hearing. They have antennas at the field that can pick up aircraft on the ground just fine. What we're hearing is recordings from LiveATC, which is a network of random people who live near the airport and have receivers set up to stream the audio to LIveATC. This often results in poor reception for aircraft moving on certain parts of the field, due to buildings in the way and such. AF1 would not have been parked at the passenger terminal where the other aircraft were. It was most likely off in some remote corner of the airport that whoever has the receiver streaming KLAS Ground can't pick up signals from well. Note that you can hear AF1 just fine on the Tower frequency once they're airborne. Once aircraft are airborne, it's much easier for ground stations that aren't actually on the field itself to pick up their transmissions, since they usually then no longer have buildings and such in the way.

[@quaaludes7898]

@@vbscript2 I've always wondered how pilots and atc can understand what each other are saying, it always sounds so garbled on the recordings!

[@ryanfleming4665]

"Freedom noises" made me laugh out loud!

[@DerekMoore82]

Unless it was Brandon. Then the caption would read "Alzheimer's noises."

[@rexcarter2585]

@@DerekMoore82 sniffing intensifies

[@leosheppard8517]

@@DerekMoore82 who is Brandon?

[@DerekMoore82]

@@leosheppard8517 Joe Biden

[@Jeffrey-od9uk]

@@DerekMoore82 not from your country, but you far-righter's are mindlessly hilarious. people like you are the reason your country has become a joke internationally

[@beverlywilcox4349]

Very professional radio procedure by all concerned. At first I thought that the pilots (actually, probably first officers) who were told to hold for 20 min were slow on the uptake, but then it occurred to me that the special procedures were probably published via NOTAM as a 24 or 48 hour window, but the actual time of departure was probably withheld for security reasons.

[@officerahmo]

First Officers are still pilots. The only noticeable difference between a Captain and First Officer's duties is that the Captain is in command of the aircraft no matter whether he is actually flying the plane or monitoring.

[@WenbruReviews]

@@officerahmo And the First Officer has to wait for a retirement or vacancy. They often are in full control of the aircraft and they’re completely trained and competent to fly the plane… Obviously…

[@officerahmo]

@@WenbruReviews Obviously.. what did I say wrong?

[@TotallyAHuman]

"Let my President go!" (freedom noises) "Well, that's cool." Who said this?

[@mrexists5400]

well clearly a patriot

[@hallooo8539]

"Well, that was cool" in the end really got me, lmao

[@Joh447]

bill Clinton.

[@MrFloppy131]

@@mrexists5400 You mean the same so called patriots that stormed the Capitol?

[@donnamariedavidson5065]

Obama.

[@OneOceanTenOfficial]

Heavy, right ear.

[@Glassyz]

Didn’t think I would find you here haha

[@mikeb5926]

I agree with that final pilot communication: That was cool! Always fun to hear ATC conversations prior to VIP movement...

[@flyinglobster]

3:07 Air Force One (spawns) "Let my president go!" Welcome to Steam Edition.

[@StackableGoldMC]

Reality is now Steam edition.

[@mkvector9539]

Bandit Hot Air Balloon going 900 knots.

[@KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking]

Air Force One, please return to terminal. You'll be taking on a cargo of Biscoff.

[@TheNaughtySenpai]

Was hoping I'd find a comment like this somewhere down here xD

[@82stuntman]

Legend has it, unknown pilot is now relaxing at a quite undisclosed location in Honduras.

[@samjames1253]

Legend has it that the aircraft was actually an Antonov 500 taking off without clearance to avoid the Yellowstone volcanic pyroclastic cloud

[@thomasdaily4363]

I was thinking the exact same thing when I saw the tower, and remember the cloud rolling over the tower in 2012.

[@ElDrewski]

I see what you did there.

[@scrambledmandible]

What

[@enthouendhut]

Gonna rephrase: "OK, that was cool!" 😂

[@justinshurie6105]

Nice referene

[@theone9224]

Imagine being an average pilot and get to listen to those absolute pros flying the AF-1-. Would've made my day, hands down, no matter of the delay.

[@ceciliayus7385]

I don’t know why the (Freedom Noises) being silence had me laughing so hard.

[@erivera9313]

Hahahaha! I work at this airport! “Let my president go”!😂😂😂

[@JasonWester]

I don't care who is President, the sight of that bird still gives me goosebumps. The plane is more than the man inside of it. It represents the best of our country everywhere that it goes.

[@JosephBloggs-jk5lv]

If you wish to believe that.

[@kkmdew09]

My coolest delay for something like this was interesting from a passenger perspective. We were flying into Tampa into some severe thunder storms. Had moderate turbulence on final but the pilot did a great job getting the plane down safely and stopped. The pilot informed us due to lightning in the area we were being held in place on the tarmac, and you could see all other planes stopped. We were told every time lightning strikes within a certain radius of the airport we had to stop and wait 5 minutes, if after 5 minutes no more strikes happened in that radius we could continue taxi, but if another lighting strike happened we reset the 5 minute timer. We get rolling and lighting strikes and we stop again one or two times and while stopped the 3rd time I noticed 1plane still taxiing to the terminal/gates and Al other planes were stopped. That plane gets to the gate and a few minutes later us and all other planes got cleared to gates. We get off the aircraft and on the TVs in the terminal Casey Anthony had just landed at the same air port was being loaded into a motorcade out front. They were flying her in from wherever she was being held safely for her trial next day. So I think they stopped all the planes using lighting as an excuse to get her plane to the gate and have security get her from the plane to a car out front.

[@seeker296]

Wow. Good thing too, I'm sure a lot of people wanted to strangle her violently =D

[@RT-qd8yl]

My future ex wife

[@dabongrippa7093]

@@RT-qd8yl at least you won’t pay child support

[@jamesanderson9287]

VASAviation here on KZbin has some good wind and thunderstorm ATC tapes, One big one last year at ATL, and a few years earlier a weak TORNADO passed through an airport, only damage was some Fedex cargo bins or at least those got tossed around as well as some other ground equipment

[@katdoc929]

As a mom I don't think that's cool in any capacity...they should've flown her in a Cessna by a student pilot..

[@beverlywilcox4349]

The smooth flow and rhythm of good ATC procedures, done right by those who know how . . . even at one of those little airports where the FAA thought of economizing by downgrading or shutting down the tower . . .

[@roddyg3692]

I don't know about civilian aircraft, but when I was ADAF transporting patients via military aircraft, we always had priority over the president's schedule.

[@sithlordofoz]

Most Medi flights have priority - even over AF1. I've heard of all sorts of flights being bounced for a RFDS flight here in Australia.

[@chriskirk9708]

As you should have priority honestly.

[@Jdinrbfidndifofkdndjoflfndjdk]

"Let my president go!" "Alright, pen and I got a phone number for you"

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

"Just tell all those other planes to wait. I don't want to miss The Days of Our Lives. I gotta see my stories." "Yes sir Mr. President."

[@chriskirk9708]

I gotta watch my stories is one of my fav things old people say

[@uditabhattacharya2824]

Who said the 'let my president go' ?? Surely it wasn't the air force 1 pilot 😂

[@siic]

You know you are THE pilot if your call sign is Air Force One

[@MydieLy]

The amount of security clearance protocol you'd need to go through to become Air Force 1's pilot must be insane!

[@nhhdjdhdj6496]

Sub sonic, though. The callsign Speedbird One was used by British Airways' first Concorde, (Mach 2.1)

[@alsehl3609]

AF 1 had the worst radio signal despite it being the most expensive plane there and probably anywhere!

[@jul14nfs]

Due to the very powerful radios on AF1, it created static on the radios since they were close.

[@hunterbear2421]

Also it is most likely far away from the antenna that picked it up

[@matts.996]

Rushed em all out like hot cakes

[@Okie-00-Spool]

Suddenly, hungry for pancakes.

[@itstabish]

(freedom noises) 😂😂

[@masterkiloren99]

My right headphone loved this video

[@waynecoulter6761]

(Freedom Noises) That's hilarious!!!

[@Nippleless_Cage]

Especially cause they were silent 😂

[@dpsheals]

Imagine how badass you are if you fly air force one!

[@TheCowpoke406]

I like how the air force one pilot sounds like a fucking death trooper through his radio compared to the other transmissions

[@pigpower3r852]

Its because the radio's are too powerfull and very close to the tower

[@chriskirk9708]

Civillian equipment picking these waves up is all. Kinda like getting your own CB radio compared to a multibillion dollar conpany having one.

[@meicie6658]

Well come at 1:19 is actually “will -co”, shorthand for we will comply with said instructions

[@sarge6870]

It's "Wilco" Dr. Smartguy And Wilco is short for "Will Cooperate"!

[@royal9848]

@@sarge6870 Wilco is I hear you, and will comply. Of course I may be wrong, I was only a controller for over 40 yrs I might've forgot.

[@memyselfandi3950]

“(Freedom noises)” man im DEAD BRUH HAHAHAHAHAH 💀

[@spacebatstuckonearth8888]

Damn air force one don't even bother with the readbacks

[@christopherdonahue1066]

I heard it. Air force one g'day

[@gerardosalazar161]

Not true; they acknowledged every transmission.

[@chriskirk9708]

AF1 no read to you. You read to AF1

[@virginiaviola5097]

Freedom noises...that killed me 😂

[@vbscript2]

I think that was "wilco," (short for "will comply",) not "will come."

[@bowtiebonanza]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh!!! I was having a hard time figuring out what he said there, so I just guessed. Thanks!

[@rogerkujawastrains]

I would have expected Air Force one to have a better radio.

[@thundurr]

It's a very powerful encrypted radio singal which lots of ATC can't handle.

[@ilia9876]

I think it was censored

[@junothejupiterorbiter1035]

Been wondering why my left ear doesn’t work

[@wilting_alocasia]

Must be nice to jump all the queues and get flying asap in AF1

[@Javelin1x]

Guess it depends on where you live as to what comes to mind when you see freedom noises because around here freedom noises is shooting pistols into the air like on the movie 3 Amigos lol

[@Anonymous-pm7jf]

Ah yes, nothing like raining bullets down on to yourself to remind you of freedom.

[@gregorykusiak5424]

It seems things have changed as far as POTUS flying and TFRs are concerned- the one and only time I crossed paths with Bill and Hil, EWR was ground stopped for 2hrs so they could come to the city for dinner - Or this vid has been edited for time.

[@bowtiebonanza]

It was edited for time...but I only cut out dead-air. All audio was kept. If memory serves, this took place over about 20-30 minutes total.

[@gregorykusiak5424]

bowtiebonanza yeah, airspace and airwaves get cleared for about that long I’m sure, but it takes time to make that happen and start back up again...

[@janetslater129]

Gotta love the little clues that were given to describe Air Force One, and maybe some of the stuff that was happening on board....."VIP traffic," "Whiskey," "Golf."

[@Capt_OscarMike]

The verbiage used of Whiskey Golf were either the call-signs, identifiers of other aircraft (I don't remember when they were used) or they were used to IDENTIFY which taxi way or exit for aircraft to use...sort of like 1st Avenue and/or Main Street...but runways, especially those at an international airport will have multiple "taxiways" or entrance/exit ramps or streets....they are the large caution yellow colored with black letters and numbers in the grass along the tarmac designating for the pilot where to turn to either go to the runway or to exit....That specific airport has TAXIWAYS or streets F, E, D, W, and Y AS AN EXAMPLE... F=FOXTROT...E = ECHO... D = DELTA...W = WHISKEY....Y = YANKEE... ps. i'M RATHER CONFIDENT YOU WERE BEING FUNNY AND TBH YOU WERE...BUT JUST IN CASE OTHERS WERE NOT AWARE, AS A PILOT I FELT THE NEED TO INTERJECT... Anycase, I'll apologize just in case and will say...well done Ms. Janet...Well done indeed...🙂

[@avoidingtrees560]

MAKE NOISE GREAT AGAIN !

[@XalphYT]

3:44

[@mikerigby1048]

Imagine being that boss ass Airforce 1 captain 👑 What a call sign

[@troo_story]

"Freedom noises" 🤣🤣 No idea what it meant, but it was funny.

[@wtechboy18]

you'd think the World's Greatest Airplane would have a better radio, damn.

[@2FlyCaptain]

It's a modified 747-200. Pretty old bird.

[@hunterbear2421]

The antenna is far away and it has a stupidity op radio, which causes static the radio is fine it's just the antenna

[@dmmchugh3714]

Beautiful Boeing 747 ! Air Force 1 flies on the Queen of the Skies !

[@hbraekkan]

Quite a gamble, sending him to Las Vegas😁

[@helpu2health]

He probably had a full house

[@hbraekkan]

@@helpu2health a white one?

[@chriskirk9708]

@@hbraekkan bahahahaha

[@ElMigueloso]

“Freedom noises” good one!! XD

[@kreuner11]

My left year really enjoyed this

[@evanmiles7252]

AF1 sure has crappy comms😂

[@Gentleman...Driver]

:) No. We dont hear what the ATC hears. This is recorded from private people who live around the airport and have set up radiostations on the frequency of the tower. AF 1 was parked away in a corner of the airport, so its hard to pick up the signal because of the buildings in the way and such. Once AF1 was in the air, we can hear them better. :)

[@LavitosExodius]

My last flight out of port Columbus had a delay the pilot was less then thrilled when he announced we would be holding at the terminal because the president was in town lol. I was less then thrilled when I had to run across Charlotte Airport as I almost missed my connecting flight because of it.

[@macworks9389]

How about we get the electricians to check the static wicks on AF, I know you got enough time.

[@pigpower3r852]

Its because the radio's are too powerful and very close to the tower

[@Trillix1]

My right ear really enjoyed this

[@protonvpn3223]

Got a Canadian vibe at the end eh?

[@garrettmercer8241]

Had the honor of hearing ATC and standing just feet away from AF1 when she landed at KSAT

[@ObamaFromKenya]

Garrett Mercer who was on AF1, Trump or Obama 🤔

[@garrettmercer8241]

Trump

[@st3pn56]

My right ear enjoyed this video very much

[@TraceyAOK]

The blinking pictures drove me nuts.

[@rainbowwriter672]

Hard to believe this was released 3 days later

[@jestertoo]

since 9/11, I don't ever want to see AF1 near me at an airport.

[@michaellake5269]

So, is that an electric 747?

[@roarkm.o.banjonjeffries3713]

Thank you you fantastic pilots for landing and even though it was a controlled crash you did it outstanding work I'm going to kneel kiss the ground and Bob back up Boeing

[@looneyflight]

That planes does ToGos at KGSO sometimes. A few days ago it was AF2 doing them.

[@ryans.simpson5701]

U would think that air force one would have the best mic quality

[@pigpower3r852]

Its because the radio's are too powerful and very close to the tower

[@chriskirk9708]

It does have the best. AF1 is usually the best plane in the skies when it takes off. Rarely is there a malfunction causing the president to use a different plane from the scheduled AF1

[@jjraga]

trump made this video so far right that even the audio went right

[@bendover4668]

Sad that you have a weak President now, I bet Russia wouldn’t have invaded with President Trump as NATO leader. But Allies are Allies. Good luck and God bless you, greetings from Germany.

[@jjraga]

@@bendover4668 i am a trump supporter, i agree that our president now is very weak indeed.

[@scythelord]

To be completely fair, Trump isn't even far right. 40 years ago his views were mainstream. He didn't shift politics right, the left has gone WAY LEFT in that timeframe, but portraying themselves as having not changed even though anyone paying attention during all that time knows otherwise. Meanwhile we have serious disinformation operations happening online and in media trying to say the overton window in the US shifted right over time when nothing could be further from the truth.

[@WildlifeObsessed]

Strange when a Pilot gets excited at seeing a 747 take-off and calls it cool.

[@Gentleman...Driver]

Almost every pilot would like to have the callsign AF-1. :)))

[@virginiaviola5097]

Nah, that’s the awesome thing about aviation, the little kid inside you who loves planes never dies..and the excitement never wanes either.

[@siesaw1]

My right ear really enjoyed that

[@alexeiutgoff7955]

(Freedom noises intensify)

[@giladfriedman3553]

I didn't know Badger from Breaking Bad is an ATC

[@RahulPhillip]

Haha i noticed that too

[@_Gart_]

my right ear enjoyed this

[@Liaaaam]

I like the vid but damn man, that flickering image switch is too much.

[@noahwilliams8918]

You'd think AF1 would have better quality radios aboard, Jesus!

[@byronharano2391]

Lol...Let my President go. Pilots. Lol...

[@gregshonle2072]

Why is Air Force One departing from KLAS??? Normally, if there's an AFB nearby, Air Force One flies in and out of AFBS... (Nellis AFB seems rather close...)

[@rztrzt]

Proximity to event & security, KLAS is right by the strip. Nellis sitting on the NW outskirts would require a much longer motorcade trip through vegas. The backup plane was at Nellis that day btw.

[@wesleycrabb7248]

@@rztrzt hell yeah. We were parked next to it.

[@joed3613]

@@rztrzt That was probably the E-4B, or Doomsday plane. It follows AF1 and is usually placed at a suitable, military airfield close by.

[@tomboard1]

@@joed3613 Even a casual observer would see the difference between VC-25A and an E-B. They have different livery and even though both are 200 models they look different, particularly the hump.

[@tuluksvui747]

Air Force one broadcasting on that vintage 200 series radios

[@vasaaviarion]

What you dont see are the countless secret service agents in the tower, on the tower, on every hangar roof, underneath the approach ends of the runways, on top of every container. Thet have that place on lockdown inside and out.

[@jfwfreo]

I wonder why they would have used KLAS instead of landing Air Force One at Nellis (which I am sure could handle it and which would have a lot less security risks and stuff)

[@aritakalo8011]

Proximity? It was departure, so maybe the itenary ended somewhere were near to KLAS and security thought it was more secure to drive the short distance to KLAS, load to Air Force One and get POTUS airborne. Instead of having to motorcade through the city to Nellis. Hence also why they most likely were in such hurry to get Airforce one airborne. They didn't want to hang around minute more than needed once VIP was on board. I would assume the Air Force One would have waited at Nellis under the better protection of the base security and just arrive to KLAS to pick up the passangers.

[@HvyMetal4Ever]

I think diplomacy has a lot to do with it. It's about visibility. You can park right on Sunset and watch 28000/29000 make it's arrival and departure, all while listening to the tower on your car radio.

[@wesleycrabb7248]

They had the back up plane parked at Nellis. I was TDY and we were parked next to 29000

[@kevincreary9446]

Nellis isn’t next door to downtown LAS. I used to work for United back in the 90’s and when Clinton came to town I used to wonder the same thing.

[@DJG184]

Keeping landing and take off surprising and unexpected

[@WarRior-rn4kb]

air force one - the only airplane that tells atc what to do. 😂😂🤣🤣😂

[@tonyrowland9216]

AIR FORCE ONE AND THEY TREAT HIM LIKE ANY OTHER FLIGHT.

[@d.heller7038]

"Well, that was cool!"

[@f-149]

the airforce one pilot sounds like he’s been smoking 20 cigarettes a day for 10 years

[@Hammocks_Rule]

....with funny pilot commentary !!!!!! where ????

[@bowtiebonanza]

I suppose some people would consider an improperly announced, “Let me president go!” to be funny. I suppose some others would not.

[@xThrawn]

bowtiebonanza I also liked that, well that was cool at the end 😂😂😂

[@andrewallan6802]

Was American 2249 being flown by Tom Cruise?

[@Jimboy012]

1:01 is that you High-pitch Mike?

[@chriskirk9708]

Oh and btw. Any aircraft the president is on is automatically AF1. Just in case others were unaware

[@mzone9591]

Not exactly. Any USAF aircraft the US president is on is designated the AF1 call sign. A Marine aircraft would be Marine 1 etc. In the unlikely event that the US president traveled on a commercial aircraft, it would use the call sign Executive 1.

[@chriskirk9708]

@@mzone9591 thank you for the clarification!

[@mzone9591]

@@chriskirk9708 yw :)

[@chuck2502]

@@mzone9591 we need to see joe biden on a southwest 737 ASAP

[@Tirryna]

You'd think AF1 would have better comms equipment....sheeeesh That pilot on the line with the ATC and AF1 cracked me up! It's also nice to hear more female pilots! I knew there was a time our military had more female pilots than commercial.

[@pigpower3r852]

Its because the radio's are too powerful and very close to the tower

[@KandeShack]

You’d think that a 747 as expensive as Air Force One would have a better radio🇺🇸✈️

[@pigpower3r852]

Its because the radio's are too powerful and very close to the tower

[@ryanthompson3737]

@@pigpower3r852 NO lmfao. Imagine reading a comment joking about back to the future and then running with it as fact. They do have powerful radios, but they're using standard issue equipment to talk to the control towers. What you're hearing is some dude in his house recording the radio frequencies at the airport, which is obstructed by building and other interference. AF1 is likely way on the other side of the airport in a more remote location, making the interference much worse. ATC and other aircraft would hear them perfectly as they all use the same system standards that make such communication possible.

[@bmw328igearhead]

Slack jawwed talk on the radio... then anything with AF1 is super tight... funny

[@AnantKumarS]

Do pilots and ATC talk with so much noise on the frequency?

[@AhHereWeGo]

My right ear loved it

[@dsdy1205]

on headphones all the audio seems to come out of the right ear, is there any way to fix that on your side?

[@Lucas_Simoni]

On Windows you can go on accessibility settings and turn on "mono" audio. So both channels will go to both years, for our purpose here, it would make the audio come to both ears. On windows 10 go to search and type "mono" and it will appear there the option. On other OSes there are similar options as well, such as MacOS, Android, etc... But don't forget to turn it back off, obviously, otherwise music/movies won't sound as immersive as you expect.

[@69THGILF]

Yeppers. Everyone else stands clear. At least nobody waited for him to get a haircut 🤣

[@youtubechangemynamewhy]

Air Force 1 needs a new VHF radio.

[@pigpower3r852]

Its because the radio's are too powerful and very close to the tower

[@Tracks777]

lovely content

[@byronharano2391]

What aircraft will replace the aging 747 fleet as Air Force One? Will we allow our Commander-in-Chief to fly on a two engined aircraft?

[@rztrzt]

New 747-8's have been purchased to replace the ageing 747-200's. The planes were originally destined for a now-bankrupt Russian airline, they've never left Boeing's ownership or the USA and were stored in the Cali desert after completion & flight testing. Boeing was also awarded the contract to retrofit them.

[@fillosopher7]

Not likely, the redundancy of having four generators to run everything on board to keep the president and plane safe out weighs two.

[@williampokorny1083]

found a couple articles talking about possibly a hypersonic jet from a company called Hermeus that can travel at mach 5.

[@byronharano2391]

@@williampokorny1083 Mach 5? Send me a link please William. Sounds interesting. Thanks my aviation friend

[@djtexas4993]

Probably not. If they can keep getting 747s (and they can), then that’s what it’s gonna be. It’d be tough for USA to have a 2-engine plane for POTUS, even just for optics and security/size - There are still at least a few other world leaders (Japan and China at least) who also fly in 747s- highly unlikely US would downgrade before other countries ever did.

[@TheByard]

Talk has it that when President Kennedy landed at London Heathrow he had a hairdresser come onboard to fix him up before descending the steps. This delayed a lot of aircraft movements.

[@jamesevans938]

im wondering qwhy they chose McCarran internation instead of Nellis air force base

[@jeremybeaird3608]

Surprised Donnie didn't spray paint his name on the side of AF1.

[@master3HORSE]

Why wouldnt AF1 go to Nellis AFB and prevent the delays?

[@djtexas4993]

Depends on POTUS destination- if POTUS is just going to, say, somewhere on the strip, Secret service wants the plane as close as possible to destination (which would be LAS). minimizes distance in motorcade.

[@chriskirk9708]

Adjusting routine is how you keep people guessing.

[@cherifbar]

why not use Nellis AFB?

[@4wheeling]

And inconvenience the president? LAS is right off the strip. Nellis is a little out of town and would have screwed up traffic to an amazing degree with ground transport.

[@djtexas4993]

I think secret service looks at how far the motorcade would have to travel , and LAS is way closer to the strip, quick car ride and back to the airport. It seems like for years LAS has been used for POTUS and Nellis hasn’t . They do park the second 747 at Nellis though.

[@cherifbar]

@@djtexas4993 what about Marine One! No need for a motorcade at all. They can land on the lawn of The Trump Hotel.

[@djtexas4993]

@@cherifbar True, except there’s always a need for a motorcade. And Marine One is going to involve bringing those choppers along for the whole ride, being shipped inside another huge military aircraft. I believe he was only in Vegas for campaigning. They take the copters to international summits, Camp David, etc. it’s quite enough to just take the pair of Cadillac Ones/The Beasts!. I was in Vegas after one of his visits eating at a restaurant he had been to. They told us he’d gone back to the kitchen and given every single member of staff a $100 tip, haha. Regardless of the other stuff I did always like the way he tipped people.

[@cherifbar]

@@djtexas4993 I hope we see him in power once again in 2024.

[@nerdyism2523]

AF1... No expense spared... Except the radio, who needs those anyways?

[@pigpower3r852]

Its because the radio's are too powerful and very close to the tower

[@JPandher]

my left ear feels left out