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2010-02-16

Unseen Video of President Kennedy’s Air Force One Arrival in Dallas

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Written by: Phil Derner Jr.
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Newly released color footage shows President John F. Kennedy’s arrival into Dallas Love Field on November 22, 1963 — the last time the President would be on the aircraft alive.

The footage is interesting to any aviation enthusiast, showing several aircraft on approach, including Presidential support aircraft, as well as the touchdown and taxiing of JFK’s classic 707-version of Air Force One. The 8mm film was taken by William Ward Warren, who was 15-years-old at the time. Schools in Dallas had given children the day off for the President’s arrival.

The video was released on President’s Day by the Sixth Floor Museum, located on the 6th and 7th floors of the Texas School Book Depository, from which Lee Harvey Oswald shot President Kennedy on that fateful day.



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Phil Derner Jr.
Phil Derner founded NYCAviation in 2003. A lifetime aviation enthusiast that grew up across the water from La Guardia Airport, Phil has aviation experience as a Loadmaster, Operations Controller and Flight Dispatcher. He owns and operates NYCAviation and performs duties as an aviation expert through writing, consulting, public speaking and media appearances. You can reach him by email or follow him on Twitter.




 
 

 
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