Even visiting politicians and journalists aren t allowed in some parts of the plane and the air force is careful to conceal specific details of the craft s layout a number of official and unofficial sources have published general descriptions of what s inside the plane but.
Jfk air force one floor plan.
Presidents have used it fo.
A vc 137c with air force serial number 62 6000 sam 26000 was a.
The airplane could fly anywhere in the world on a half hour notice it carried as many as eight crew members and 40 passengers and had a.
They are allowed on in order to follow the president and the.
Kennedy sat on the floor of the oval office with an industrial designer scissors paper and crayons.
The air force one communications room shown left contains a full meeting area 85 secure telephones many fax machines and 19 televisions to keep updated on current news situations.
Air force one looks the way it does because president john f.
Air force one any aircraft of the u s.
Sam 26000 was the first of two boeing vc 137c united states air force aircraft specifically configured and maintained for use by the president of the united states it used the callsign air force one when the president was on board otherwise sam 26000 spoken as sam two six thousand with sam indicating special air mission.
It was may 1962 and the air force had ordered a boeing c 137 stratoliner for the president.
Air force that is carrying the president of the united states strictly speaking air force one is the radio call sign adopted by any air force plane while the president is aboard.
This acts as the situation room in the sky.
In common parlance however the call sign has become identified with specific aircraft reserved for use by the president for travel within the united states or abroad.