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In reply to the discussion: Trump leaves Super Bowl early after backing the losing team [View all]DENVERPOPS
(13,003 posts)is that he is demanding the paint job be Three Horizontal Stripes......the colors, Red White Blue, same as the Russian Flag but in a slightly different order.........He had designated the colors and configuration last time he inhabited the White House, Biden cancelled that order, and now he is reinstating it......or at least trying to......evidently the layout absorbs much more radiant energy from the sun.
It may not make any difference, Boeing is Sooooo far behind schedule on producing the planes........There is so much changed that Boeing has to have the entire new planes approved as if it were a new plane.........which takes years to certify............the worst part is that the 2 1/2 miles of wiring have to be done to current standards, only after having been approved and then inspected.
The normal electrical needs for the plane are incredible, but then add in all the electrical needed for the refrigeration units for all the food to serve, and all the communication equipment is mind numbing.
Not sure that I would want to fly in any plane Boeing is manufacturing at this time.......They also need to produce new Air Force Two's for the VP to fly in.....(They also are used by the President to fly into smaller airports that AFOne can't land at due to shorter runways.)
I love it when they quote the cost of his trips on AFOne only costing a few hundred thousand.........That probably only counts for the fuel, and not the tens of millions for all the additional costs of his trip, or overall costs of maintenance, etc. As well as flying in the car he rides in and all the helicopters needed, etc etc etc. and all the costs that the Secret Service requires prior to the trip, and during the trip.........Each of his Golf Junkets in the U.S. must cost in the tens of millions for each trip.
And don't forget the added costs incurred by all the commercial aircraft having to go into hold patterns by temporarily having to avoid his airspace and airports he is leaving and going to......
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