Thanks Chris(president) and others, for the warm welcome as I brought a friend/guest in for a look at the DMS. She was in town the last few days working for this afternoon’s arrival:
Below - Name that plane!
It is the 757 in the presidential fleet - I toured it a few years ago when Biden landed at Carswell. Nicely outfitted(probably not as nice at Trump’s private 757) but this one has a better defense and slightly higher take off and landing priority.
Marshall, positive visits like hers never hurt…I think I swayed her view toward Vector, CA, and Automotive of course. The 10 x 10 art was a huge hit.
It was nice to see the President bypass his limo and walk over to us and say hello, shake hands and bend down to talk to the children, sign the poster etc. He took the time to sign things and you could tell the secret service was trying to keep him moving, but he was taking time to see the guests(us) that were there.
It was a good experience - just thought I’d share.
They do it all the time, the last time one of them was worked on or refurbished, it was
parked at Love for several months I think you coudl easily see it fro Inwood
Back in the good ol’ days, Braniff had 747 service from Love Field. Upper right in the pic shows the “Flying Colors of Braniff” gates, big orange 747 present.
In the early 70s Braniff started flying an orange 747 into Love Field. Bachman Lake area would be packed as many of us went out just to watch it come in. A true quantum jump from the 707s of the day.
My dad worked for Braniff. On really hot days they would take bets if Fat Albert’s tires would touch the fence at the end of the runway on the North end of the airport.