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fect of "You don't really have to sit down at all, just watch how
the pilot lands this thing." So people were still up and walking
around as the plane landed. For someone who had only flown
commercial, it was a fascinating to me for some reason. Sure
enough, the pilot put her down like a feather and came to a
gentle stop.
Second, we landed on the space shuttle runway. Another
thing that blew my mind. of course we were going to an event
at Kennedy Space Center so the closest runway is the space
shuttle runway, but landing in AF1 on the space shuttle runway
was more mind blowing then not having to sit down during
landing.
Finally, you get a bill for the food you eat on AF1 (this may
be the only thing AF1 has in common with United). Since
you are eating a meal on AF1 you are doing so at taxpayer expense.
This means you have to reimburse the government for
whatever you ate. That's completely fair and the right thing
to do but it's something you wouldn't immediately consider
when flying on AF1. So about a week after my AF1 flight, I
got a bill sent to me for the lunch I ate on AF1. That bill made
for a great souvenir.
So to paraphrase philosopher Ferris Bueller: "It is so
choice. If you have the means, I highly recommend . . . "
I forgot one more thing, if you make a phone call from
AF1, it's routed through a couple of operators who sit up on
the flight deck. They make the outgoing call for you, and then
they connect you to the person once they make the call. The
cool part is that when they call person for you they say something
to the effect of (my memory is a bit fuzzy here), "This is
Air Force one, we have a call from
can you hold while I connect you?" I think just receiving a call
from AF1 would be amazing.
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