The reason the President came in on 31 R was due to the Bay runway construction . now that the construction is over its back to normal. he parks over by the old United hanger in the corner.
The reason the President came in on 31 R was due to the Bay runway construction . now that the construction is over its back to normal. he parks over by the old United hanger in the corner.
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You mean the old Pan Am hangar, don't you...Originally Posted by bluejuice
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I preferred triple hangars (Moose, these [are] United, correct? :-) since we could get ground shots. How the heck is anyone supposed to get pics of her by the Pan Am area? ugh!!! lol
Oh well, there is always the chance she takes off or lands during JSOH... happened once for me a few years ago.
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That JSOH day was great - *BOTH* VC-25s departing in side-on light in front of 400,000 people with cameras. Too bad one of them used 1R instead of being closer to the show line! I guess the Secret Service decided it was better to have the departure in front of hundreds of thousands of people who had been screened rather than move the entire operation over to Dulles for the day.*
*Happens every so often; ADW is too short for the VC- to make Beijing nonstop, so the last China trip departed from Dulles.
People Express 727's, 737's & 747's, Malaysian 747's, and even a 707 painted up for a 30th anniversary celebration of Jetliner service (among others), were all aircraft I used to see in that area in the early 80's. Whenever I would go to the airport to spend a couple of hours at the Pan Am rooftop parking area, I would pass through the Pan Am maintenance area just to see what was there.
I would also drive through the Triple Hangar area to see what was there (TMA yellow and green 707's, an Airborne Express Caravelle, and the occasional CL-144) The planes were parked so close to the fence, you would almost be parking under the wings.You could park there for hours and no one would even give you a second look. As a bonus, you were right at the turnoff for aircraft that had just landed on 31R.
Ahhh!, JFK or any other airport in the pre 9/11 era. I'm just sorry I didn't carry a camera.
Last edited by JHNA57; 03-30-2011 at 04:10 PM.
There seems to be a little confusion here. I can't say I'm 100% positive, but....
- Regardless of winds, AF1 will always come ont he runway that is preferred based on PARKING POSITION.
- AF1 Parking used to be near Hangar 19 in the NW corner of the airport. When this was the case, he would ALWAYS land 31L and depart 13R.
- Last year, that parking position was changed from between Building 260 and the Triple Hangars. Since then, the preferred runway has been 31R for landing, 13L for departure.
I may be wrong, but I don't think he has deviated from the above runway usage for years at all.
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The POTUS pilots could probably land those things on some of those gravel strips you see on the Flying Wild Alaska show, in 30kt crosswinds as well
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