Air Force One
Trivia brain teasers have some element of trivia in them, but they are not just pure trivia questions.
The President of the United States is flying on a private plane to Andrews Air Force Base to jump on his jumbo jet to fly to California. Currently the speed of the plane he is in is traveling at 250 nautical MPH and he is currently 500 nautical miles from Andrews Air Force Base. It will take approximately 5 mins for him to switch planes and 5 mins to gain clearance for takeoff. Taking all of this into consideration. How long will it take for The President of The United States to be airborne aboard Air Force One?
Answer
No time at all.
He is currently aboard "Air Force One". No matter what plane The President of the United States is aboard, its call sign is "Air Force One." So The President is on "Air Force One" even when aboard the private plane and once he switches to the jumbo jet then it becomes "Air Force One".
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jimbo   
Sep 04, 2003
| An interesting bit of trivia, even for a non-American. |
CCat20  
Sep 06, 2003
| pretty good |
electronjohn
Oct 02, 2003
| Nice one. |
PhilDunphy 
Oct 02, 2003
| Should probably be in the trick section, although it is a good teaser |
siameseifuplz
Oct 23, 2003
| Wow im impressed with myself! I actually knew this because we just studied it in Civics!! Nice teaser |
batti_s
Feb 10, 2004
| good one, there!!! |
kcelf27
Apr 28, 2005
| I guess I got it right out of pure dumbness...I figured that it was only called air force one because of the pres... so I got a bit lost. I got it right but didn't realize it  |
phrebh
May 19, 2005
| Actually the president always travels in a helicopter, known as "Marine One", on the way to Andrews to board his modified 747, "Air Force One". The teaser is still good, though, since all planes that he is on are called "Air Force One". |
smarty_blondy
Oct 01, 2005
| I don't know much about them but, google sure helped. Keep them rollin'.  |
boodler
Nov 19, 2005
| The definition of an easy question is one to which you know the answer; I did know this! |
OceanStar719
Jan 01, 2006
| Tricky tricky tricky... |
eamon
Oct 19, 2006
| The two famous jumbo jets are actually known as Angel One and Angel Two.
As the answer stated, whichever airplane bears the current PotUS is designated the Air Force One "call sign" by air traffic control. Similarly it's Air Force Two for the Vice President. Marine One etc applies for the helicopters.
Very good trivia! |
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