Air Force one in Shannon??

JimmyChew

Well i can't say who was on board, but I'm convinced i saw one of the two that they use in Shannon on Thursday around 14:30. I work in the ind est next to the airport and catch a glimpse of some traffic in and out.
One caught my eye and it had the same distinctive white and blue livery and had the U.S flag on the tail fin.

Any one else see anything? or am i mistaking it for some other carrier?

L1011

There was an American Airlines 767 in for a smoke-in-cabin incident. Its somewhat similar in livery...

CarrickMcJoe

JimmyChew wrote: »

Well i can't say who was on board, but I'm convinced i saw one of the two that they use in Shannon on Thursday around 14:30. I work in the ind est next to the airport and catch a glimpse of some traffic in and out.
One caught my eye and it had the same distinctive white and blue livery and had the U.S flag on the tail fin.

Any one else see anything? or am i mistaking it for some other carrier?

Might have been Enda coming back.. The ego has landed.

JimmyChew

MYOB wrote: »

There was an American Airlines 767 in for a smoke-in-cabin incident. Its somewhat similar in livery...

No she was white up top and blue from the wings down. Def saw the flag on the tail fin also. not as big as a jumbo maybe it was AF2??
Might have been some U.S higher up's heading over to Europe or something.
Or i could be that im completely mistaken

Plowman

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globemaster1986

JimmyChew wrote: »

No she was white up top and blue from the wings down. Def saw the flag on the tail fin also. not as big as a jumbo maybe it was AF2??
Might have been some U.S higher up's heading over to Europe or something.
Or i could be that im completely mistaken

Not sure what it was exactly that you saw but there are a number of aircraft operating in the presidential livery. They are operated by the 89th Airlift Wing. In addition to the 747's they also operate 757's, 737's, GV and GIII for a range of top brass.

Skuxx

When I worked out in Shannon Aerospace, I often saw a 737 in and out that had the "presidential" livery!

Might it have looked something like this...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rbjets/5891346411/

globemaster1986

alan1990 wrote: »

When I worked out in Shannon Aerospace, I often saw a 737 in and out that had the "presidential" livery!

Might it have looked something like this...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rbjets/5891346411/

Exactly!

shanman

It was Boeing C40C 05-0932. No specific aircraft is designated AF1 or AF2, any USAF aircraft carrying the US President uses callsign AF1 and any carrying the Vice President AF2. There was an American Airlines B767 in the same day on a diversion as previously mentioned here.

JimmyChew

alan1990 wrote: »

When I worked out in Shannon Aerospace, I often saw a 737 in and out that had the "presidential" livery!

Might it have looked something like this...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rbjets/5891346411/

That's the one alright. I knew straight away it wasn't a 747 so was a bit stumped. Mystery solved.
Nice little one to spot all the same;)

Alfasud

CarrickMcJoe wrote: »

Might have been Enda coming back.. The ego has landed.

That plane would not be big enough for Endas ego. He's like 'Cock of the walk' since his election as Taoiseach.:D

cml387

One of my highlights when down in Shannon (no camera alas alas) was seeing one of the presidential 707's at Shannon many years ago. I think the secretary of state (this would be late eighties) was transiting.

My god it was loud.

radar0976

Here she is touching down in Shannon early last Sunday morning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L-xiHcbKHM

Marcusm

Presumably Hillary on her way back from Saudi.