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Old 10th Jun 2021, 23:12
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Carbon Footprint - Air Force One ?

As I understand it, Newquay Airport, Cornwall ( RAF St Mawgan as was) has a runway just over 9,000 ft long (2,740 metres). If all of that was usable for landing, why didn't President Biden's Air Force One land there after crossing the Pond to drop him off for the G7 talks, rather than going to the other side of the UK to Mildenhall and then flying him back west again in a chopper?
Since the talks will discuss climate change and man's affects on it, the phrase, ' practice what you preach' springs to mind. If security at NQY was an issue they could have either then flown the aircraft empty on to Brize or Mildenhall after that.
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