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Air Force One
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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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An interesting bit of trivia, even for a non-American.
pretty good
Nice one.
Should probably be in the trick section, although it is a good teaser
Wow im impressed with myself! I actually knew this because we just studied it in Civics!! Nice teaser
good one, there!!!
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
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".
I don't know much about them but, google sure helped. Keep them rollin'.
The definition of an easy question is one to which you know the answer; I did know this!
Tricky tricky tricky...
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!
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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