-=> Quoting Nat Potter to Karl Schneider <=-
 KS>On (30 Jan 98) Jim Cole wrote to Jim Sanders...
 
 KS> ??  AF1 is a 747.
 NP> Mr. Schneider:  I believe AF1 is assigned to the President, no matter 
 NP> what USAF aircraft he is on at the time.  *:-<)
        Actually Nat, I'm going to disgree with you on that point.  I do
believe AF1 is the code name for the particular Boeing VC-135 that the
president uses for everything besides his dates.  AF1 is laid out quite
differently from a MMEL point than a standard B-707 or VC-135.  Whether
or not they've upgraded to a B747, I'm not sure.  The only modified B-747
in my copy of Jane's are the four E-4B Kneecap National Emergency Command
Post Aircraft.  (94 crew on 3 decks, 5 mile trailing wire antenna (VLF) in
dorsal pod.)
        If the president needs to transfer to another aircraft, it's possible
the Secret Service might assign it a proxy code name, but not AF1.  I'm going
to look that one up next time I "paddle the Net" and see what barks.
                Christopher
... "Then is Doomsday near." Ä Shakespeare
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