Visit the Reagan library in Moorpark CA and you can walk through a beautiful retired AF1.
Future Air Force One arrives in Texas.
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Originally Posted by SteveSRT8
An airplane shielded with lead?
Please think about that for a moment!
Made me think of that scene from Saving Private Ryan where there was a crash of a plane where a general insisted the plane flying him be fitted with armor plates to personally protect him. Only the pilot isn't told of that it makes it unmaneuverable in a storm.
The cross-section of a typical airliner's aluminum shell would be thinner than a 12 oz aluminum can if made to the same scale. Any heavier than that and it's not getting off the ground.
An airplane shielded with lead?
Please think about that for a moment!
Made me think of that scene from Saving Private Ryan where there was a crash of a plane where a general insisted the plane flying him be fitted with armor plates to personally protect him. Only the pilot isn't told of that it makes it unmaneuverable in a storm.
The cross-section of a typical airliner's aluminum shell would be thinner than a 12 oz aluminum can if made to the same scale. Any heavier than that and it's not getting off the ground.
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