2 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12. 1963 MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOKD. OREGON
AAany Safety Measures Guard Presidential Flights
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By ROBERT J. SERLING
UPI Aviation Editor
WASHINGTON (UPI) -"Op-(rations
personnel should expe
dite the movement of Air Force
Dne and Air Force Two and con
jol messages relating thereto
when traffic conditions and com
nunications facilities permit.
ny request of the pilot conveni
ng the movement of the aircraft
should be honored whenever the
'equest can be fulfilled in ac
iordance with existing control
wocedures."
That quotation is from the op
erations manual of the Federal
Kviation agency's Air Traffic
Control system (ATC).
It says, in effect, thai two
planes known as Air Force One normal
and Air Force Two get priority
over all other traffic in the ATC
system.
Which figures.
Air Force One and Two are
the Boeing 707 jets used by the
President of the United States.
The word "priority" is not men
tioned specifically. But priority
is taken for granted whenever
the President is aboard.
Safety Measure
This is just one of the many
safety measures involved in a
presidential air movement. They
include:
A radio teletype system
aboard the jet itself in the event
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An iron-clad security set-up.
Maintenance that surpasses
even that of the scheduled air
lines. Hand-picked pilots and other
crew members.
President Kennedy leaves and
arrives on his air trips at An
drews Air Force Base, Md., 17
miles from the White House.
Every arrival and departure in
volves a ceremonial ritual. Fif
teen minutes before the chief
executive shows up, a 12-man
honor guard marches onto the
field.
It is more for honor than for
guarding; they carry unloaded
rifles.
Also part of the ritual is the
base commander, Brig. Gen.
Clair Wood. He escorts the Pres
ident between his helicopter and
his plane.
President's Plane
The President's personal air
craft is the latest and biggest
version of the Boeing 707 a
blue, white and silver giant with
the presidential seal on the
nose and "UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA" in huge black let
ters above the window line. The
presidential quarters in the lux
urious cabin are in the rear of
the plane, officially designated
USAF 26000. Air Force Two is a
standby plane, a duplicate of
26000 but with a different exter
nal color scheme.
The security measures go so
far as to require an inspection of
the underground pit containing
the cables newsmen use when
they cover a presidential arrival
or departure. Aboard the air
craft itself are two armed
guards. And when Air Force One
moves toward or away from its
designed runway, three A i r
Force police cars carrying more
armed guards ride herd on tne
giant jet until it takes off
The presidential jet also is
guarded under arms when it is
not flying, both on the field and
in the hangar which means it
is under surveillance 24 hours
daily.
Hovering overhead during ev
ery presidential landing and
takeoff is a specially-equipped
helicopter carrying three trained
fire-fighters and an Air Force
medical expert. This aircraft
has 1,000 pounds of fire-extinguishing
foamite aboard and the
pilot also is trained to utilize his
whirling rotor blades to blow
smoke, fumes and flames away
from the President's compart
ment in the event of a crash
landing.
Air Force One and Two are
part of the 1254th Transport
Wing based at Andrews. It is
known as the "Special Missions"
wing, a unit entrusted with "pro
viding the highest quality air
transportation for the President
of the United States, the vice
president, the cabinet, and other
high-ranking government offi
cials and dignitaries, both here
and overseas."
The flying White House is the
most carefully maintained trans
port in the world. Its fan-jet en
gines are changed every 1,000
hours. This compares to the re
quired overhaul time for, say,
the identical TWA fan-jet 707
whose engines are overhauled
every 3,200 hours.
The difference does not mean
that the airline is running its
engines too long. Actually, the
3,200 engine change time is in
accordance with FAA standards
and other jet engines go as high
as 4,000 hours between over
hauls. But for obvious reasons,
the Air Force spells "caution"
with a capital C when it comes
to maintenance on a presidential
jet.
Inspected Often
Air Fore One receives a thor
ough inspection after every 100
hours of flight time. It gets an
even more thorough check after
every 400 hours.
The White House jets operate
STUDENTS PROTEST RULING Two New
port, Ky., high school students wear "Ban the
Bible Ban" cards to protest a recent ruling by
the state attorney general that Bible reading in
ihe public schools must stop as a result of the
U. S. Supreme Court decision. About 90 stu
dents displayed the cards at the school. (UPI)
under the jurisdiction of the
FFA's air traffic system. ATC
priority is mandatory only when
the President is aboard. In ac
tual practice, there has been
little conflict between Air Force
One and normal traffic because
the presidential pilots file their
flight plans well in advance.
Not even at Andrews, a spit-and-polish
military base, does
Air Force One come under mil
itary control when it is in the
air. The Andrews radar sets and
control tower are manned by
picked FAA controllers who han
dle presidential flights with
scrupulous efficiency. The fol
lowing partial transcript of a
recent Air Force One landing at
Andrews gives a revealing
glimpse of this care. Note that
the tower even tells the crew
when to perform its pre-landing
check list and that the plane is
under radar guidance even in
perfect weather as it was on this
particular day. Also note the
caution displayed when radar
spotted another plane in the vi
cinity:
Check Planes
Radar "Air Force One, An
drews radar, radar contact 10
miles south-southwest, how do
you hear?"
One "Andrews radar, Air
Force One, you are loud and
clear."
Radar "Air Force One, Rog
er. If no transmissions are re
ceived for five seconds on the
final, continue a straight-in VOR
(Viscual Omni-Range, a radio
navigation aid) runway one left
approach. Contact the tower on
any available frequency."
One Air Force One, under
stand. Thank you."
Radar "Air Force One, turn
right, heading three-four-zero.
Maintain one thousand, six hun
dred. First turn to final."
One "Right to heading three-
four-zero, one thousand, six hun
dred. Air Force One."
Radar "Air Force One, traf
fic at two o'clock three miles
northeast - bound. When
straight and level flight, perform
cockpit landing check."
"One "Air Force One, under
stand. Thank you and we do not
have the traffic."
Radar "Roger."
Final Controller "Air Force
One, final controller ... the
traffic is now at 11 o'clock east
bound, slow-moving. Turn right,
heading zero-one-zero."
Radio Repartee
One "Right zero-one-zero, Air
Force One."
Controller "Air Force One,
the altitude of the traffic is be
low yours approximately 800
feet. He is eastbound off your
left wing now, about 3,000 feet."
One "Air Force One."
Controller "Air Force One,
do not acknowledge further
transmissions. On final ap
proaching glide path. Gear
should be down. Six miles from
touchdown. . .traffic passing be
hind a half-mile left of course. . .
zero-one-zero heading. Correct
ing to course from left to right.
Five miles from touchdown. . .
you are 30 feet below glide path
. . . four miles from touchdown
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on glide path, on course,
slightly left of centerline. . .
crosswind quartering from the
right. . . slightly right off course
glide path. . .one mile from
touchdown. . . on course over the
approach lights. . . 10 feet above
glide path. . .on course over
runway, take over visually. . .
landing completed, ground con
trol two-seven-five-point-eight."
Air Force One wheeled toward
the unloading area. A shrill
whistle jolted the honor guard to
rigid attention.
Another presidential flight had
ended.
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