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Old Jun 7, 2006 | 12:04 pm
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dukieee
 
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Originally Posted by gglave
>how long can you run these things

The US Air Force has a pair of VC-25As (numbers 28000 and 29000) that are specialized Boeing 747-400s frequently referred to as "Air Force One".

These planes are capable of mid-air refueling and I recall reading that, with the aforementioned mid-air refueling, they can 'stay up forever.' I don't know if they have special engines, or if this is just the nature of modern aircraft, with huge duty-cycles on the engines and other moving parts.

Cheers,
Geoff Glave
Vancouver, Canada
OT1: there are TWO Airforce ones? How disappointing

OT2: It makes sense (or does it) for the airforce one to be the largest commercial plane 747. Will they now upgrade to the A380?
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