Early in its career, the Air Force One that's on display at the Museum was secretly outfitted as a spy plane by the CIA. The program was code-named Operation Lida Rose and was so secret that not even President Eisenhower knew about it.

The first presidential jet plane, a specially built Boeing 707-120, is known as SAM (Special Air Missions) 970. This aircraft, as well as any other Air Force aircraft, carried the call sign Air Force One when the president was aboard. Delivered in 1959 to replace Eisenhower's Super Constellation, the high-speed jet transport is a flying Oval ...

DAYTON, Ohio -- Forward aircraft entrance to Boeing VC-137C SAM 26000 (Air Force One) at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. This photo is part of the free ACI Cockpit360º app, which features high-definition panoramic photos of more than 20 cockpits from many well-known aircraft on display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.

The first jet-powered Air Force One (1959–1962, SAM 970), a Boeing VC-137B, was flown to Boeing Field in 1996; it arrived in June and was opened to visitors in October. [17] [18] Retired from active service earlier that year, [17] it is on loan from the Air Force Museum. Originally parked on the east side of the museum, it was driven across ...

Air Force One is the official air traffic control-designated call sign for a United States Air Force aircraft carrying the president of the United States. The term is commonly used to denote U.S. Air Force aircraft modified and used to transport the president, and as a metonym for the primary presidential aircraft, VC-25 , although it can be ...

SAM 26000 was the first of two Boeing VC-137C United States Air Force aircraft specifically configured and maintained for use by the President of the United States. It used the callsign Air Force One when the president was on board, otherwise SAM 26000 (spoken as 'SAM two-six-thousand'), with SAM indicating Special Air Mission.

The Museum’s unrivaled collection of large commercial aircraft can be seen in one place. The airliner line-up includes the world’s only presentation of the first Boeing 727, 737 and 747 jets, the first jet Air Force One, the extremely rare Boeing 247D and Douglas DC-2 airliners from the 1930s, the only Concorde on the West Coast and the new ...

2024年12月5日 · The Museum of Flight, situated just south of downtown Seattle, Washington, is the largest independent, non-profit air and space museum in the world. Boasting a collection of over 175 aircraft and spacecraft, along with numerous other artifacts and exhibits, this museum is a must-visit for aviation enthusiasts and history buffs alike.

The sleek blue, white and metallic livery of Air Force One makes it one of the most recognizable aircraft on the planet. But the plane that you’re most familiar with today is a sibling of Boeing …

I photographed this Boeing 707 Air Force One at the Museum of Flight in Seattle. This was the first presidential jet plane and was known as SAM (Special Air Missions) 970. The MoF site says that SAM 970 was replaced in 1962 by Kennedy’s newer Boeing VC-137C , but remained in the presidential fleet, ferrying VIPs and the vice-president, until ...