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to: GLENN CHRISTENSEN
from: JACK SARGEANT
date: 1998-05-12 18:20:00
subject: Air Force One

 > GL>Not only that but some scenes in Air Force One made no sense!!!  How 
an
 > an GL>airplane remain flying when it's got no gas.??
 > I once received an emergency call (I was in the Air Force) from an
 > aircraft that had a flameout and couldn't get a restart. One of the
 > first things you do in these instances is to give the pilot
 > "pigeons"
 > (heading) to the nearest airfield. This I did, but the pilot came
 > back
 > with a request for confirmation of the distance to a "particular"
 > airbase. I gave this to him, which was 365 miles from his location.
 > He said "no sweat," that he would glide that 365 miles!
 > Not sure even now if I'm allowed to tell you what that airplane was,
 > so I won't.
It would almost had to have been a U-2.
Regards,
Jack
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