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Matt Molnar
2009-05-05, 12:15 PM
No idea when or where she'll be flying, but Michelle Obama will be in town to visit the UN and later receive an award in Midtown.
cancidas
2009-05-05, 03:06 PM
there is a C-40C parked at LGA.
emshighway
2009-05-05, 07:43 PM
there is a C-40C parked at LGA.

That is her's. All I can say....
lijk604
2009-05-09, 07:07 PM
That would have explained the armed military inside the Marine Air Terminal Tuesday.
emshighway
2009-05-09, 07:31 PM
That would have explained the armed military inside the Marine Air Terminal Tuesday.


Are you sure that wasn't Wednesday you saw a lot of armed personnel? There was a threat on Wednesday which brought out PAPD Emergency Services and FAMS to patrol the front of the terminals.
lijk604
2009-05-10, 03:21 PM
That would have explained the armed military inside the Marine Air Terminal Tuesday.


Are you sure that wasn't Wednesday you saw a lot of armed personnel? There was a threat on Wednesday which brought out PAPD Emergency Services and FAMS to patrol the front of the terminals.

Could have been....with the rain all week, every day kinda blended together.
planelove
2009-05-18, 01:17 PM
I think she is back... does anyone know?
Matt Molnar
2009-05-18, 02:19 PM
I think she is back... does anyone know?
She's supposed to be in town today, not sure if she's here yet.
LGA777
2009-05-18, 04:14 PM
Execeutive 1 Foxtrot landed on 4 around 1340L today, a SAM C-40. For those not aware that is the military call sign when the First Lady (without the President) is on board.

BTW to share a little history way back in 1991 then First Lady Barbara Bush took the only commercial flight in my memory by a first lady while here husband was the President, article below.

http://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/15/us/ma ... rcial.html (http://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/15/us/making-point-first-lady-flies-commercial.html)

At the time it was quite an honor for my company.

Btw it was a 733 with two F-16 escorts, one off each wing.

Regards

LGA777
PhilDernerJr
2009-05-18, 04:51 PM
"In a gesture aimed at calming public fears..."

...but she still felt that a fighter jet escort was necessary. haha

As if they didn't secure that plane ridiculously.
T-Bird76
2009-05-19, 03:41 PM
Man they only give her the 737....she's not important enough for the 757? LOL
Matt Molnar
2009-05-19, 05:15 PM
Man they only give her the 737....she's not important enough for the 757? LOL
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LGA777
2009-05-19, 10:44 PM
Man they only give her the 737....she's not important enough for the 757? LOL

Tommy, I think it has do with the distance of the mission (in this case short) and the number of staff/press travelling with her. As recently as the last administration I saw multiple departures out of LGA using that call sign and the aircraft was a Gulfstream.

Regards

LGA777