"Navy One" jet makes final flight to Pensacola museum

[trof]

July 16, 2003 - The first aircraft designated "Navy One," which was used to fly President Bush to an aircraft carrier to greet sailors returning from the invasion of Iraq, made its final landing Tuesday.

http://www.msnbc.com/local/WPMI/D-69B1518B-A61F-46C1-A492-DF6ED713D398.asp?0na=x22135K0-

:puke:

[NashVegas]

1. I Suspect, In the End,

this little stunt may continue to backfire for months and months to come.

[pw]

2. How many million dollars did that plane cost?

And now they're retiring it because Twit sat there? Did he have an upset stomach or something we didn't know about?

[NewYorkerfromMass]

5. Perhaps it was scheduled to be retired?

inquiring minds want to know......:eyes:

Ha ha, perhaps this is the beginning of carrier-gate.

[trof]

8. That's the story

They're retiring that type of aircraft.
Who knows?

[NewYorkerfromMass]

9. so Bush is batting 1000

in being assigned to soon to be defunct aircraft. :evilgrin:

[papau]

12. Cost $37 million - was not scheduled to be retired -replacement ordered

but we will cut social security and medicare and kill drug benefits to make room for Bush ego in Budget.

:-)

[Robb]

6. That would be $27 million.

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/s-3.htm

[oneighty]

3. Dear Mr. Trof

Barf.

Ed.

[trof]

13. sorry about lunch, Ed.

Naval Aviation Museum used to be one of my favorites.
IF (and notice that's a BIG if) * goes down, I wonder if they'll pull it?

[AP]

4. Can we put Bush II in a museum too?

Can't wait for that.

[JohnyCanuck]

7. I bet when they decided to put this jet on display

The thinking was Dubya would be going down in history as a president of the calibire of an Abraham Lincoln or a FDR. Dubya would be the President who defeated terroism and brought freedom and democracy to Iraq, if not the whole Middle East. They probably thought that 100 years from now the crowds would come to reverentially view the plane on which one of the greatest "wartime" presidents ever, GW Bush, made his historic trip to the aircraft carrier, sort of like the way they come today to honor Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln memorial in DC.

The assholes weren't smart enough to figure out GWB would be going down in history as a liar and the most incompetent goof up ever to occupy the White House. His memory will be an embarrassment and stain on the presidency for years to come.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

10. didn't stop them from naming a carrier after Ronnie

these idiots never think.

[damnraddem]

11. I guess it's best that it be retired.

Who'd want to fly it now that it has been so disgraced? So, it's now going to the Museum of Horrors, right?