AirForce One/ E-4B

[Roel]

Today at Eindhoven Airport:

73-1676 USAF E-4B from Tinker AFB

this aircraft: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/395734/M/
(not my picture)

It stands on the old 334sq ramp, on the otherside of the airport, very difficult to make photos .

It's planned to leave Sunday

[K-Man]

Hört sich ja interessant an. Gibt es ne ungefähre Abflugszeit? Vielleicht fahre ich ja mal wieder nach Eindhoven.

Gruß,
K-Man

[Roel]

Nein ich hab kein abflugzeit. Soll Sontag sein, aber mann weisst das nimmer sicher mit militairen.

[Roel]

actually it's not really the AirForce One. It's the back-up a/c. Used in times of terror/war by the president. They call it the 'flying pentagon', because from this aircraft the president can control the whole US Army. For example: it has direct connecting to all US satellites.

So at the moment, this plane is on Eindhoven Airport. Very bad for photos, you need about 300/400mm.
It has 1 engine running all the time, 24hrs a day, for providing power to all equipment on board and it's always available to leave in 10 minutes...

[Roel]

Today it left Eindhoven at 19.17 local time, callsign 'Crisp45'.

[K-Man]

Hi,

ich habe mich dann heute doch für FRA und DUS entschieden
Wen es interessiert:

http://pro-niederrhein.net/forum/viewto ... =3445#3445

Hat denn jemand Fotos vom Start des Vogels in Eindhoven gemacht? Würde mich ja mal interessieren.

Gruß,
K-Man

[Roel]

not made by me actually
but here is a very nice pic of the E-4B in take-off from Eindhoven:
http://www.aviaphotos.com/index1.htm (click Airport -> Eindhoven Welschap)