WTF was going on with Air Force 1 in NY?

I'm guessing you missed this one: http://ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=241273

hey, two silver Cavallinos on red, how rare

 

naw, I like it...


rik

 

I was on the Westside Hwy and saw it fly over the Hudson River

 

White house aid just resigned because of the Air Force 1 NYC flyover.

WASHINGTON – The White House official who authorized a $328,835 photo-op of Air Force One soaring above New York City resigned Friday just weeks after the flyover sparked panicked workers to rush into the streets and flashbacks to Sept. 11. Louis Caldera said the controversy had "made it impossible for me to effectively lead the White House Military Office," which is responsible for presidential aircraft.

"Moreover, it has become a distraction in the important work you are doing as president," Caldera wrote in his resignation letter to President Barack Obama.

An internal White House investigation found missed messages and portrayed an out-of-the-loop Caldera, clearly the administration's fall guy.

The former Army secretary in the Clinton administration said he didn't know Air Force One would fly at 1,000 feet during the April 27 photo shoot that had been planned for weeks. He also failed to read an e-mail message describing the operation and seemed unaware of the potential for public fear, the report said.

Without an advance public notice the morning of April 27, the sight of the huge passenger jet and an F-16 fighter plane flying near the Statue of Liberty and lower Manhattan's financial district terrified New Yorkers, reminding them of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in which jets brought down the two towers of the World Trade Center.

Last month, Obama called the White House embarrassment a "mistake" and vowed it would not be repeated. Obama had no statement Friday; White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said the president had accepted Caldera's resignation.

Caldera's office approved the photo-op, which cost $35,000 in fuel alone for the plane and two jet fighter escorts. The Air Force estimated the photo shoot cost taxpayers $328,835.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090509/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_low_flying_plane

 

The question no one will answer is "Who was on AF1 during the photo op?"

 

There's another photo op going on today, I work in one of the buildings by the trade center that evacuated, we got notice today that not to panic, there will be military aircraft activity nearby today.

 

Technically not called Air Force One unless the President is on board.

Just goes to show how obama continues to let the people under him run amuck.

 

There are two planes that are pretty much identical to each other and the plane that was used for the photo op was the backup plane. Fleets consists of Boeing 747-200B's -- tail numbers 28000 and 29000.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Air_Force_One_over_Mt._Rushmore.jpg

This is an even better photo op picture. Who knows how much money was wasted to take this. Oh I love America!