JS>               President's Plane Gets Stuck In The Mud
JS>     CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, Ill. - Jan. 28) -- Air Force One has one wheel
JS> - a right wheel -- stuck in the mud at Willard Airport in Champaign-
JS> Urbana, Ill, airport officials said.
JS>     People on board, traveling with President Bill Clinton on to-
JS> day's Midwestern swing, are beginning to leave the plane after two
JS> unsuccessful attempts to free the wheel.
JS> It happened as the Boeing 707 (VC-135) was taxiing and the right
JS> wheel
JS> just "nicked the corner" of the tarmac. (How about nicking the 
corner of the grass) John Palmer, the pool re-
JS> porter aboard the plane, says there is no danger to anybody but
JS> the plane is mired in the mud.
JS> Palmer said the pilot revved the engines up full trying to free
JS> the wheel. (A big NO NO.  When this happens you are to shut down.) 
Now, he says, a support plane, another Boeing 707, (VC-135) is
JS> arriving to pick up the president and others on the plane. The air-
JS> port is closed until the president can leave. Gear and luggage are
JS> being taken off the plane.
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If anyone is interested I understand that the 89th at Andrews has 
openings for two VC-135 qualified pilots.
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