What Time Does Airforce One land at Stansted ?

[Matt..]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/7927039.stm

Landing now

[loltolhurst]

crap paint job on the plane

[Nickyboy]

bobthemonkey said:

flakeypaul said:

I wonder what other huge security ops are going on? We're concentrating on Obama but there are leaders from 18 other countries / organisations arriving and all we're hearing about is the massive security op surrounding the US President.

I'd love to see what the other countries leaders are arriving in.

Can't see the leaders of India / China / Brazil bringing half their army with them!

Most have nicer state aircraft than us.

http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=9&amp...

Nice to see planes from where my Dad now lives, Charleston SC

[Nickyboy]

National Geographic are showing the behind the scenes thing on Air Force One now if anyone is interested

[loltolhurst]

where he's staying - largest garden in london after buck palace didnt know that..

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://up...

[navier_stokes]

Nickyboy said:

bobthemonkey said:

flakeypaul said:

I wonder what other huge security ops are going on? We're concentrating on Obama but there are leaders from 18 other countries / organisations arriving and all we're hearing about is the massive security op surrounding the US President.

I'd love to see what the other countries leaders are arriving in.

Can't see the leaders of India / China / Brazil bringing half their army with them!

Most have nicer state aircraft than us.

http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=9&amp...

Nice to see planes from where my Dad now lives, Charleston SC

What are the chances of one of these getting out of Northolt?

I swear I saw one the other day flying out, it was very low compared to other aircraft that fly out over my area!

[loltolhurst]

Nickyboy said:

National Geographic are showing the behind the scenes thing on Air Force One now if anyone is interested

good call

[anonymous-user]

V8mate said:

US President Barack Obama touches down in the UK tonight - ready to cruise the capital's streets in a £250,000 rocket-grenade launching limo dubbed The Beast. The £250,000 Beast is equipped with rocket-propelled grenades, a night-vision camera and pump-action shotguns to destroy would-be attackers.

RPG's???

Even for a president, that's a bit 'much' isn't it? Who do they think is going to attack him, the terminator?

[Nickyboy]

navier_stokes said:

Nickyboy said:

bobthemonkey said:

flakeypaul said:

I wonder what other huge security ops are going on? We're concentrating on Obama but there are leaders from 18 other countries / organisations arriving and all we're hearing about is the massive security op surrounding the US President.

I'd love to see what the other countries leaders are arriving in.

Can't see the leaders of India / China / Brazil bringing half their army with them!

Most have nicer state aircraft than us.

http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=9&amp...

Nice to see planes from where my Dad now lives, Charleston SC

What are the chances of one of these getting out of Northolt?

I swear I saw one the other day flying out, it was very low compared to other aircraft that fly out over my area!

Thats a C17, max take off weight around 265 tons so realistically around 200, quite a bit less than a 747

[woof]

i think Air Force 1 is on the ground already - as i saw 3 helicopters heading over me from Stansted and then doing a left into London - heading towards barnet and the centre of London I guess


edited - coz i didn't see the bbc clip posted - duh !
Still pretty cool - flew directly over my house - don't think they were chinocks - not loud enough
El presidente is in a VH 3D and the escorts are probably UH-60 blackhawks

Edited by woof on Tuesday 31st March 20:39

[gmk666]

woof said:

i think Air Force 1 is on the ground already - as i show 3 helicopters heading over me from Stansted and then doing a left into London - heading towards barnet and the centre of London I guess

A couple of Chinooks and a Blackhawk (I think) just went over me in Highgate.

[rpguk]

Lots of helicopter action in Belsize Park right now.

[2something]

gmk666 said:

woof said:

i think Air Force 1 is on the ground already - as i show 3 helicopters heading over me from Stansted and then doing a left into London - heading towards barnet and the centre of London I guess

A couple of Chinooks and a Blackhawk (I think) just went over me in Highgate.

Just heard them here as well (other side of the Heath)

[woof]

just had a couple of more fly over - not in close formation though

figured out what that was - that was the motorcade driving around the M25 with a blackhawk escort !

Edited by woof on Tuesday 31st March 21:16

[astroarcadia]

woof said:

just had a couple of more fly over - not in close formation though

Sound like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjxyInMAWbw

[woof]

astroarcadia said:

woof said:

just had a couple of more fly over - not in close formation though

Sound like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjxyInMAWbw

Yep - that would be it !