The 747B's are modified by the U.S. Air Force and Boeing Aircraft for the specific mission as Air Force One. The duty then falls to the 89th Airlift Wing at Andrews Air Force Base. Colonel Tillman and his crew deserve to be commended for their dedication to duty. The Maintenance crew keep this and it's twin 747 in pristine condition regardless of the flights they make.
It's really quite amazing to see so many ignorant comments. For example, "a waste of money!!" Do you expect the President of the largest nation in the free world to visit other countries by taxi? On the other hand, "nom som" expected more luxury... Just goes to prove that you can't please all of the people any of the time.
I admire the dedication of the ground crew polishing the whole aircraft by hand, very very labour intensive and muscle building. When I first joined up into the RAF we used a compound called Wadpol (wadding/Polish) a bit like Duraglit, a household polishing material in the United Kingdom, maybe in the USA also, don’t know. It made polishing aircraft a lot easier but was discontinued because it removed to much of the varnish/lacquer, so it was easier just to wash the aircraft down with water and sponges and maybe some washing compound, rinse and then dry the surface, and of course every aircraft was completely washed periodically or as needed, usually more in summer when the dead bug count was very high, especially on the wing and tail plane leading edges, oh happy days..............NOT (the washing part, not my service carrier)
Gotta love recommendations 11yrs later😂😂😂
Wtf is this 1908?
the pilot must have the most stressful job in the world.
Air Force one really refers to any plane that the president is on at any given time. That plane becomes air force one.
Polishing the plane by hand. That's money well spent.
This aircraft is extremely impressive. I've never seen the interior of Air Force One until now.
The 747B's are modified by the U.S. Air Force and Boeing Aircraft for the specific mission as Air Force One. The duty then falls to the 89th Airlift Wing at Andrews Air Force Base. Colonel Tillman and his crew deserve to be commended for their dedication to duty. The Maintenance crew keep this and it's twin 747 in pristine condition regardless of the flights they make.
It's really quite amazing to see so many ignorant comments. For example, "a waste of money!!" Do you expect the President of the largest nation in the free world to visit other countries by taxi? On the other hand, "nom som" expected more luxury... Just goes to prove that you can't please all of the people any of the time.
This clip was made in my birth year
"Finally it was time to head up stairs." wow, I would live in this plane.
It's real nice to see how dedicated the crew is...
Love your dedication. Thank you!!!
I admire the dedication of the ground crew polishing the whole aircraft by hand, very very labour intensive and muscle building. When I first joined up into the RAF we used a compound called Wadpol (wadding/Polish) a bit like Duraglit, a household polishing material in the United Kingdom, maybe in the USA also, don’t know. It made polishing aircraft a lot easier but was discontinued because it removed to much of the varnish/lacquer, so it was easier just to wash the aircraft down with water and sponges and maybe some washing compound, rinse and then dry the surface, and of course every aircraft was completely washed periodically or as needed, usually more in summer when the dead bug count was very high, especially on the wing and tail plane leading edges, oh happy days..............NOT (the washing part, not my service carrier)
Classy, beauty, proudly 🇺🇸 with engineering excellence. Kudos to the great 🏅superlative staff👍.
It's great to see all these people who really like their work so they just swell with gratification while talking about it.
Love the quality
Great Work!
Dear John Smith, its due to the skill of these marvellous pilots that you get where you need to go and back again all in one piece
Awesome!! always proud looking at it..take off n landing..
So awesome that they take so much pride!!! America is great