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Is the flight visible or a top secret?
also what carries the Marine 1&2 helicopters and the various Cadillacs back to the US?
also what carries the Marine 1&2 helicopters and the various Cadillacs back to the US?
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Saw a CA flight land behind QF812 at CBR this afternoon and head over to the RAAF side.
Both VC25 aircraft were in BNE for the G20. They are not "Air Force 1" and "Air Force 2", they only take on those names if POTUS or VPOTUS are on board. 28000 and 29000 are the tail numbers. Both aircraft travel together so one is available if the other breaks. They can carry about 100 people.
I saw 2 C17's parked at PEK on Monday morning when I landed there and saw the VC25s parked when I departed PEK on Wednesday morning, they were there for APEC.
And he wants us all to reduce carbon emissions. I think AF2 also at BNE?
I wonder what route the Brazilian A319 flies to go back to Rio
28000 and 29000 are both 747-200 but Im sure i saw a 747 and also a 757 ? In the similar livery. The smaller one had winglets similar to the 738
Channel 7 BNE showed a transcript between ATC & the pilot of a light aircraft that had inadvertently crossed into G20 airspace.
The apologetic pilot said something along the lines of "I'm sorry sir I didn't realise we were that close".
ATC responded with "(callsign) you might be met on arrival".
I'm thinking that the 'might' is more like a definite maybe. Like tea & bikkies with a CASA FOI x 1000?
The 757 in similar livery was carrying the Secretary of Treasury.
Which one, at Amberley it was the backup for the Vc25 while the one at BNE was carrying the Sec.
There was a 757 at Amberley too? Whoops missed that one. I was talking about the one at BNE. Also I thought the VC25 was the backup to the VC25.
IIRC there has never been a time when two VC25s were on Australian soil at the same time, as I mentioned earlier they tend to bring the NAECP (E4B) and put her within an hour of the VC25, (40787 was the bird at SYD) and also when Bush was here for APEC in 2007
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14787668@N03/15177432954
Boeing 747-E-4B (747-200B) - Brisbane International - YBBN - BNE - 73-1677 - United States - US Air Force (USAF)
There were two 757s at Amberly, 09-0015 and 09-0016
IIRC there has never been a time when two VC25s were on Australian soil at the same time, as I mentioned earlier they tend to bring the NAECP (E4B) and put her within an hour of the VC25, (40787 was the bird at SYD) and also when Bush was here for APEC in 2007
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14787668@N03/15177432954
Boeing 747-E-4B (747-200B) - Brisbane International - YBBN - BNE - 73-1677 - United States - US Air Force (USAF)
There were two 757s at Amberley, 09-0015 and 09-0016
So to sum it up, the US delegation consisted of:
1x VC25 (Amberley) = AF1
2x C-32A (Amberley) = backup for AF1 + Security personnel (?)
1x C-32A (BNE) = Secretary of Treasury transport
1x E-4B (SYD) = NEACP
+ how many C-17 for transport of motorcade fleet, Marine 1 choppers and other equipment?