Flying the presidents

Air Force One has been in the news lately after President Trump accepted a gift of a Boeing 747-8 from Qatar worth an estimated $200 million to $400 million.

Air Force One, the president’s official plane, could be the most famous aircraft in the world. Not many planes have movies named for them. Any Air Force plane carrying the president is called Air Force One, though the term is usually applied to the jetliners modified for the purpose. The current aircraft are 35 years old.

In February, President Donald Trump criticized Boeing for its failure to deliver a new Air Force One that was due by 2024. In Trump’s first term, his administration agreed to the contract for the new planes. Delays and miscalculations have pushed the delivery date back and increased the con

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