AIR FORCE ONE in FACT?

[albatross]

As I recall president Johnson was sworn in as president aboard Airforce One before the a/c left the ground in Dallas - Love field I think.

[Gunship]

Quite correct - he was actually sworn in next to Mrs Kennedy.

You can just imagine waht a tragic day it must have been for her !

So yes, I am sure that the call sign was AF 1 then

2 Presidents on board and one widow.

[African Tech Rep]

The National Archive tapes hold another remarkable document of that day: the ground-to-air communications between the jet carrying Kennedy's casket and Andrews Air Force Base. At the beginning, the jet's designation is simply 2-6000. It would only become Air Force One once the president was on board -- http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...storyId=853244

When Nixon resigned and was flying back to his home in California, the airplane he was on switched its name midflight as Nixon's resignation took effect. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/ww2/A5526939

http://www.sun-herald.com/NewsArchiv...ory=tp3ch1.htm might also intrest

[barryt]

Thanks for the information Goldfish. My eyes must be deceiving me...thinking back now, they could very well have been Tornadoes, it just that my mind refused to go there (refusing to believe there were Tornadoes over our skies), and well, obviously the profile of the 707s wing (looking from directly below) is fairly similar to a 747s...Thanks for clearing up the "intrigue"...

[Deanw]

A small pic has been posted here:

http://www.avcom.co.za/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4256

Appologies, deninately not a SAAF 707

[B Sousa]

KC-135 with newer upgraded Engines.