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Old Jan 6, 2007 | 3:59 pm
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jgoodm
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Originally Posted by gglave
>Any ideas?

The US Air Force has a pair of VC-25As (tail numbers 28000 and 29000) which are basically highly modified Boeing 747-200Bs.

These planes use the traffic control sign "Air Force One" when the president of the USA is on board one of them.

The VC-25A is capable of flying 12600 km, but can also re-fuel in-flight, which means they can stay up almost indefinitely.

Might be tricky to charter one though

Cheers,
Geoff Glave
Vancouver, Canada
Well, I am not sure how much food they keep on board, but at some point after the food is gone and all the Interns have been eaten, the pilots would starve and the plane would have to come down one way or the other... Although, maybe Steven Segal can figure a way to board the plane mid-air with some food. In all fairness though, you did say "almost indefinately."
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