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    First Lady Coming to Town Today

    No idea when or where she'll be flying, but Michelle Obama will be in town to visit the UN and later receive an award in Midtown.
    Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem.
    All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them under control.
    I trust you are not in too much distress. —Captain Eric Moody, British Airways Flight 9

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    Re: First Lady Coming to Town Today

    there is a C-40C parked at LGA.
    it is mathematically impossible for either hummingbirds, or helicopters to fly. fortunately, neither are aware of this.

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    Re: First Lady Coming to Town Today

    Quote Originally Posted by cancidas
    there is a C-40C parked at LGA.
    That is her's. All I can say....
    "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.' "
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    Re: First Lady Coming to Town Today

    That would have explained the armed military inside the Marine Air Terminal Tuesday.

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    Re: First Lady Coming to Town Today

    Quote Originally Posted by lijk604
    That would have explained the armed military inside the Marine Air Terminal Tuesday.

    Are you sure that wasn't Wednesday you saw a lot of armed personnel? There was a threat on Wednesday which brought out PAPD Emergency Services and FAMS to patrol the front of the terminals.
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    Re: First Lady Coming to Town Today

    Quote Originally Posted by emshighway
    Quote Originally Posted by lijk604
    That would have explained the armed military inside the Marine Air Terminal Tuesday.

    Are you sure that wasn't Wednesday you saw a lot of armed personnel? There was a threat on Wednesday which brought out PAPD Emergency Services and FAMS to patrol the front of the terminals.
    Could have been....with the rain all week, every day kinda blended together.

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    Re: First Lady Coming to Town Today

    I think she is back... does anyone know?

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    Re: First Lady Coming to Town Today

    Quote Originally Posted by planelove
    I think she is back... does anyone know?
    She's supposed to be in town today, not sure if she's here yet.
    Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem.
    All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them under control.
    I trust you are not in too much distress. —Captain Eric Moody, British Airways Flight 9

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    Re: First Lady Coming to Town Today

    Execeutive 1 Foxtrot landed on 4 around 1340L today, a SAM C-40. For those not aware that is the military call sign when the First Lady (without the President) is on board.

    BTW to share a little history way back in 1991 then First Lady Barbara Bush took the only commercial flight in my memory by a first lady while here husband was the President, article below.

    http://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/15/us/ma ... rcial.html

    At the time it was quite an honor for my company.

    Btw it was a 733 with two F-16 escorts, one off each wing.

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    Re: First Lady Coming to Town Today

    "In a gesture aimed at calming public fears..."
    ...but she still felt that a fighter jet escort was necessary. haha

    As if they didn't secure that plane ridiculously.
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    Re: First Lady Coming to Town Today

    Man they only give her the 737....she's not important enough for the 757? LOL

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    Re: First Lady Coming to Town Today

    Quote Originally Posted by T-Bird76
    Man they only give her the 737....she's not important enough for the 757? LOL
    Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem.
    All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them under control.
    I trust you are not in too much distress. —Captain Eric Moody, British Airways Flight 9

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    Re: First Lady Coming to Town Today

    Quote Originally Posted by T-Bird76
    Man they only give her the 737....she's not important enough for the 757? LOL
    Tommy, I think it has do with the distance of the mission (in this case short) and the number of staff/press travelling with her. As recently as the last administration I saw multiple departures out of LGA using that call sign and the aircraft was a Gulfstream.

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