HAPPINING NOW. Airforce 1 waved off from Springfield Airport?

originally posted by: putnam6
a reply to: Violater1

This has got to be practice....it's not Joe he is in DC.
It's probably pilot training

Food for thought...If anyone wanted to bring down Joe's plane with him onboard, it would be members of his own party. They know with his cheating organization dismantled, Joe can't win in 2024.

Wonder what people think when they see an "AF1" style plane ?? 😁

a reply to: xuenchen

Most don't think anything, because they wouldn't know what an "AF1 style plane" is.

originally posted by: Violater1
It's doing some weird loops.

globe.adsbexchange.com...

Not a very good "cock and balls" pattern

Come on, Chair Force!

I really love knowing you peeps will jump on anything. No stone unturned eh?

Thanks.

a reply to: Zaphod58

I appreciate your aircraft input over the years, and not only because you have a Robotech avatar

But it is not air force one unless the president is actually on the plane. 'Air Force 1' is the call sign with the president on board, otherwise they go by the tail number just like all other aircraft.

Looks like the pilots need some flight time in.

a reply to: beyondknowledge2

This aircraft isn't even based at Andrews, so it wouldn't have anyone of significance from DC on board anyway. This is one of four that are based at Scott, that replaced their C-22s.

originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: putnam6

It’s too small to get a lot of flights in and out most days. There’s far more demand for Chicago, since it’s one of the busiest airports in the world. Their third, and shortest runway was closed. Their remaining runways are only 8,000 and 7,400 feet long. A 737 requires 6800 (landing wet) and 9800 feet (MTOW) for operations.

Jeez Zaphod, I ain't Joe Biden

originally posted by: beyondknowledge2
But it is not air force one unless the president is actually on the plane. 'Air Force 1' is the call sign with the president on board, otherwise they go by the tail number just like all other aircraft.

Looks like the pilots need some flight time in.

I don't believe Biden likes using his call sign "Air Force One.
While I have tracked him only a dozen times or so, he has never used it.

a reply to: Violater1

Air Force One, like many military aircraft, doesn’t always broadcast their callsign. It has nothing to do with Biden not liking it. They sometimes broadcast, other times they don’t. They’ve done that for years.

originally posted by: putnam6
a reply to: Violater1

This has got to be practice....it's not Joe he is in DC.
It's probably pilot training

No, it was just the real President... (Clinton) LOL

originally posted by: 35Foxtrot

originally posted by: Violater1
It's doing some weird loops.

globe.adsbexchange.com...

Not a very good "cock and balls" pattern

Come on, Chair Force!

"Wrong Way Feldman" comes to mind.

originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: Violater1

Air Force One, like many military aircraft, doesn’t always broadcast their callsign. It has nothing to do with Biden not liking it. They sometimes broadcast, other times they don’t. They’ve done that for years.

Maybe, maybe not.
When I've tracked the last two presidents, I saw Air Force One.
No so with biden.
I'm sure there are exceptions.

a reply to: Violater1

When Trump was flying, sometimes it was Air Force One, other times it was Empty Callsign. When Biden flies, sometimes it's Air Force One, other times it's Empty Callsign. Twelve flights is two months then way Biden flies around on it. All it means is that they didn't program a callsign into the computer for the transponder to broadcast on ADS-B. They're still using Air Force One as their callsign, it's simply not showing on the tracking sites all the time. Most military planes do that. I just saw five or six on ADS-B right now that aren't broadcasting a callsign. That doesn't mean they aren't using one.