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15 November 2011

"Air Force 1"

President Barack Obama departed Honolulu this morning for Canberra (CBR/YSCB), then Darwin (DRW/YPDN), Australia in "Air Force 1", seen above lifting off from Runway 8L. 82-8000 (c/n 23824, l/n 679), a VC-25A (747-2G4B), brought the President here for the APEC 2011 Conference. The blue helicopter, in the background, is HPD's N504HP which carried a pair of Secret Service agents, that followed the motorcade, and landed after "Air Force 1" made its right turn south over Ke‘ehi Lagoon.

This C-32A (757-2G4W), 98-0001 (c/n 29025, l/n 783), followed "Air Force 1" as SAM (Special Air Missions) 44. It departed a few minutes after, on Runway 8L. It received its Aviation Partners Boeing Blended Winglets in 2007.
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2 comments:

  1. Greg Wood15 November, 2011 16:47

    Air Force 1 actually is heading to Canberra (YSCB) & not Darwin as quoted, the aircraft is operating as flight 'AFR001' Nice rotation pics also.

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  2. Blue Wave 70716 November, 2011 07:37

    AFR is the 3-letter code for Air France.

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