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   Message 641 of 717   
   Kurt Weiske to Aviation HQ   
   Re: Used Boeing 747-8s are converted to    
   20 Oct 25 08:42:05   
   
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   PID: Synchronet 3.21a-Win32 master/b113dcfdb Oct 11 2025 MSC 1944   
   TID: SBBSecho 3.30-Win32 master/b113dcfdb Oct 11 2025 MSC 1944   
   BBSID: REALITY   
   CHRS: CP437 2   
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   -=> Aviation HQ wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-   
      
    AH> At present there are 3 former Presidential 707s that can be visited.   
      
    AH> VC-137C SAM 26000, the first jet built specifically for presidential   
    AH> airlift. It served eight presidents and is displayed at the National   
    AH> Museum of the U.S. Air Force (Dayton, Ohio). This is the aircraft which   
    AH> carried the casket with the remains of JFK from Dallas back to   
    AH> Washington Nov.22 1963   
      
    AH> VC-137C SAM 27000, the other famous 707, which served presidents from   
    AH> Nixon to G.W. Bush. Ronald Reagan Presidential Library (Simi Valley,   
    AH> California). Initially this plane was on display at the Richard Nixon   
    AH> Presidential Library at Yorba Linda in California.   
      
   Interesting, I remember seeing tail numbers 26000 and 27000 as a kid...   
      
      
       
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