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Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients
Air Force One Facts and Figures
Plane Type:
Boeing 707
Plane's Name:
C-137, 72-7000
Plane's Tail Number:
27000
Nickname:
"Spirit of '76"
Plane's Statistics:
Flight speed:
540 mph
Max altitude:
42,000 feet
Range:
7,140 miles
Max # of passengers:
50
Crew:
18
Wingspan:
145 feet, 9 inches
Length:
152 feet, 11 inches
Height:
42 feet, 5 inches
Plane's History:
27000 was accepted into the Air Force on Aug 4, 1972 after 200 hours of testing and was first used as "Air Force One" by President Nixon in February 1973.
President Reagan made his first trip aboard 27000 on Feb 22, 1981 from Andrews Air Force Base to Santa Barbara.
27000 became a back-up plane in 1990 when George H.W. Bush replaced it with a 747.
On August 29, 2001, President George W. Bush became the 7th and last President to fly 27000 (Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush) and the 10th to fly the Boeing 707 as Air Force One (Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon Johnson flew 26000, also a Boeing 707).
27000 service as Air Force One:
In total:
445 Air Force One missions and 1440 sorties
1,314,596 miles flown over 2,798 hours
10,645 days of service on Andrews Air Force Base (28 years)
By President:
Richard M. Nixon: 30 missions, 104,925 miles, 213 hours, 140 sorties
Gerald Ford: 55 missions, 177,452 miles, 372 hours, 205 sorties
Jimmy Carter: 86 missions, 284,009 miles, 545 hours, 312 sorties
Ronald Reagan: 211 missions, 631,640 miles, 1288 hours, 580 sorties
George H.W. Bush: 57 missions, 110,823 miles, 362 hours, 190 sorties
Bill Clinton: 5 missions, 5,247 miles, 11 hours, 11 sorties
George W. Bush: 1 mission, 334 miles, 1.9 hours, 2 sorties
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