Air Force One @ Stansted
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<<Also interesting to see if the "squadron of jets" escorting AF1 go right to landing or hold outside of the airport's airspace.>>
I'd be interested to hear more, but I'd be surprised if it was accompanied by lots of jets! I saw a good few Air Force 1 arrivals at Heathrow, starting with "Ike" when I was a spotter, through to Reagan and there was never any escort.
I'd be interested to hear more, but I'd be surprised if it was accompanied by lots of jets! I saw a good few Air Force 1 arrivals at Heathrow, starting with "Ike" when I was a spotter, through to Reagan and there was never any escort.
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Read on one of the other posts that RAF were providing fighter escort. Will try to find to link...
EDIT: Knew it was there somewhere. However, quote is from the Mail on Sunday, so is probably ****.
http://www.pprune.org/military-aircr...al-london.html
EDIT: Knew it was there somewhere. However, quote is from the Mail on Sunday, so is probably ****.
http://www.pprune.org/military-aircr...al-london.html
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More than likely to be F15s out of Lakenheath as i think "protocol" deems that it's only USAF a/c who escort Airforce1, when it's visiting a country where USAF bases are located!
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Shuttle on 747
I also saw the shuttle on the back of the 747. I was working in Birmingham at the time and we managed to get out on the roof of the Tower block we were in to get a better view. I think it must have been 1983 or possibly 1984.
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The aircraft are not in close formation with the VC-25 but near enough to take out anyone who became a danger. When Marine One was at the G8 at Prestwick it was in formation with an identical helicopter and 6 gunships.
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Got a ring side seat to night! AF1 will be going right over my house. I've guesstamated arrival time of between 8:30 and 8:50.
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I just heard that the car he drives around in has bags of his blood in it "just in case". I love America's way of transporting presidents around; though at the same time I don't!
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Do you think if someone who was dieing with the same blood type as Obama on the street who could be saved if more blood was pumped into him or her and the President's car was driving past they'd stop and help? 
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Did anybody happen to pick up the callsign for Air Force One on first call with Essex Radar last night? I was listening to 120.625 on my Air Band at around 19:15 and I believe I heard N028 contact Essex Radar. I assumed that was Air Force One as it would have used a more discrete callsign than just 'Air Force One' for obvious security reasons (and the Captain was definitely an American.....
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As it happened Mr Obama touched down at 19:50 so I thought that N028 could well have been the Presidents 747, considering the time duration from first contact with Essex to touchdown. Or did I switch my Air Band off too early and this was just another American inbound?? Can any clarify this for me please. Many thanks.
P.s I headed down to the business jet area along First Avenue at Stansted this aftenoon to get a photo of Air Force One in this glorious sunshine but I had to zoom in a fair bit to get any reasonable shot of it as the place is still SWAMPED with The Law!!
)As it happened Mr Obama touched down at 19:50 so I thought that N028 could well have been the Presidents 747, considering the time duration from first contact with Essex to touchdown. Or did I switch my Air Band off too early and this was just another American inbound?? Can any clarify this for me please. Many thanks.
P.s I headed down to the business jet area along First Avenue at Stansted this aftenoon to get a photo of Air Force One in this glorious sunshine but I had to zoom in a fair bit to get any reasonable shot of it as the place is still SWAMPED with The Law!!
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Air Force One is the aircraft callsign and that's what it always uses. Essex Radar would probably only have talked to it for 10-15 mins, if that, before touchdown. At 19:40 it was passing about 9000 ft and half an hour out it would have been some distance away with London Control.
"N028" could have been a US civil aircraft using an abbreviated call as no US registrations commence "N0".
Lastly, keep in mind that it is an offence to publish anything you hear on the airband!
"N028" could have been a US civil aircraft using an abbreviated call as no US registrations commence "N0".
Lastly, keep in mind that it is an offence to publish anything you hear on the airband!