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December 01, 2003
Plane spotting
Good thing it was a British Airways pilot.
One of the most dramatic moments during President George W. Bush's secret flight to Baghdad last week was when a British Airways (BA) pilot spotted Air Force One over the Atlantic. The encounter, which aides say nearly prompted the President to call off the trip, became an instant news sensation but days after the sighting, the identity of the pilot remains a mystery, even to British Airways.
Bush aides recounted the moment when the BA pilot thought he had spotted the President's blue-and-white Boeing and radioed: 'Did I just see Air Force One?' The response was: 'Gulfstream Five' - a much smaller aircraft. At that point, the BA pilot seemed to sense he was in on a secret and replied: 'Oh.'
And then... It may not have been a British airline after all... I shall keep my eye on this one.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at December 1, 2003 09:03 AM
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