"I like this better-I don't have to travel-I get off the plane-I make a speech-I get the hell out of
"I like this better. I don’t have to travel. I get off the plane, I make a speech, I get the hell out of here." https://politicususa.com/2020/09/03/trumps-pennsylvania-supporters-cheer-after-he-tells-them-he-cant-wait-to-leave-their-state.html
via @politicususa
Link to tweet
?s=20
Posted on Thu, Sep 3rd, 2020 by Sean Colarossi
https://www.politicususa.com/2020/09/03/trumps-pennsylvania-supporters-cheer-after-he-tells-them-he-cant-wait-to-leave-their-state.html
Trump’s Pennsylvania Supporters Cheer After He Tells Them He Can’t Wait To Leave Their State
..........................
During a campaign event in Pennsylvania on Thursday night, Trump said one of the upsides to the pandemic is that he doesn’t have to spend too much time in battleground states.
“We’re doing the hangar thing now because the arenas, can’t do it because of the pandemic.” Trump said. “In certain ways, I like this better. I don’t have to travel. I get off the plane, I make a speech, I get the hell out of here.”
The mostly maskless crowd of MAGA loyalists immediately applauded Trump’s comments.
Video:
= new reply since forum marked as read
if they could handle AF-1. I could be wrong, but hey, it is NOT a major center for "international" travel. 
The 89th Airlift Wing handles the operations for the Presidential Fixed Wing Transport and they have 5 different aircraft in their inventory, all painted in a similar way and all of them can and have used the call sign “Air Force One” at one time or another.
Likewise, “Air Force Two” is not a particular aircraft, but rather the call sign used whenever the Vice President is using a given aircraft.
The runway at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport is about 8,000 feet long, so getting the larger 747 off the ground would have been a bit close (they could have landed it OK, though it would have been tight) so they flew the C-32A (A 757, basically) which is clearly shown in the background of the videos at one of the links in the OP.
There was an incident with one of the alternative aircraft (it might have been one of the 757’s) during Clinton or Bush’s time in office where the pilot made a turn too sharp onto a taxiway and actually got it stuck in the grass! That’s why they always have a backup plane close at hand, just in case anything happens.
The C-32A;
