except his plane. The icon of our flying president's plane was not the 747-200 Modified, as usual. It was the smaller 757 that the Vice-President uses with tail number 90016. Of course, technically, any plane that the President is on is called Air Force One. But to me, it was just SAM 90016. Because, like what has become the vernacular of nomenclature is the fact that Air Force One is the plane not just the Special Air Mission (SAM) anymore.
My old friend, Elliott Sluhan, Director: Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents, taught me a lot about the workings of Air Force One. Of course, Elliott passed in 2008. His wife, Mary Ann passed one year to the day afterwords. She had been a special assistant to President Richard Nixon's White House. Both, were an amazing couple. But it was Elliott's photography and documentary films that peaked my interest. Elliott was one of the first that I had photography discussions with and for that time, I will always be grateful.
So, I heard one guy say that this was the longest wait he had ever had for the arrival of a 757! Even the cops pushed us back farther again with this Presidential arrival. Over all the arrivals of Obama, there were some security pushes but never like the one yesterday at Love. But at the tarmar, people were lined up to get autographs and handshakes from President Trump. Obama never had those on the tarmac. Back outside at the end of runway 13L, the push was so bad that it blocked my infamous nose shots and though I understood the reasoning, it did cause me to not even wait for the motorcade and simply came on home to process what shots that I was lucky to get. But, I do know that a lot of people were disappointed that the big 747 didn't show. That plane, the 747 usually carries a full compliment of what we know to be econ class filled with the Press Corp.Without those press people flying with the President why not use a smaller plane for the mid-country flight. I also understand that thinking, too. So, It wasn't President Trump that turned my car around, but the peripheral works that did.
It was a perfect and delightful afternoon waiting for the President's arrival. We are in a period of roller-coaster weather right now. Yesterday was bottom out humidity at 17 % with temps in the low 70s. Today, it is going to be 88 and tomorrow it will be 50 with possible frost at night. If it does frost, it will be again, another early occurring weather phenom this year.
I had forgotten that Governor Abbott and his crony the AG, Ken Paxton, were waiting to meet the President for a meeting at Love Field about the Hurricane funding. There was big money from all over the country here, too. Texas politics is almost like having two countries in one. Texas still reminds people that we were once a Republic of our own. And it is not something that has been put on a shelf somewhere to collect dust. It's life is live and active in this state for sure. I had to laugh at the Fox news guys showing the film clip of a CNBC reporter doing a report at "the wall" and on camera behind the reporter were three illegal aliens coming over the fence into the US. In short, the reporters were saying, "Look, the President was right, we need the wall" while the Boarder Patrol Officer was saying that he sees this many times during the day. For those that don't like the Donald, "Look, he's a New Yorker". New Yorker's were some of my best customers over the years. They look at things different but still come up with the same answer that the rest of America does. It's like me saying here's your 35-cents and you saying here's your 65-cents and we are all talking about a product you bought for 65-cents and I'm talking about your change of 35-cents as we exchange a one-dollar bill. It's all in how we look at a situation and the perception we have from living in different parts of the country. It's nothing to get upset about, really.
So, I came away from Love Field with some pictures. Not as many as before. Still, I am pleased to see the crowds turn out to welcome the President. But I still think that we should go back to teaching Civics in our schools instead of expelling students for dying their hair.We need to understand the basics of civilization and know our history. We are not some Egyptian Pharaoh who didn't like the pharaoh prior and erased him from buildings, and monuments and basically wiped him out of history. We need to view history as a moment in time when we thought a certain way or how we have changed as a society since. To wipe it out totally is a distortion of history itself.
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My old friend, Elliott Sluhan, Director: Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents, taught me a lot about the workings of Air Force One. Of course, Elliott passed in 2008. His wife, Mary Ann passed one year to the day afterwords. She had been a special assistant to President Richard Nixon's White House. Both, were an amazing couple. But it was Elliott's photography and documentary films that peaked my interest. Elliott was one of the first that I had photography discussions with and for that time, I will always be grateful.
So, I heard one guy say that this was the longest wait he had ever had for the arrival of a 757! Even the cops pushed us back farther again with this Presidential arrival. Over all the arrivals of Obama, there were some security pushes but never like the one yesterday at Love. But at the tarmar, people were lined up to get autographs and handshakes from President Trump. Obama never had those on the tarmac. Back outside at the end of runway 13L, the push was so bad that it blocked my infamous nose shots and though I understood the reasoning, it did cause me to not even wait for the motorcade and simply came on home to process what shots that I was lucky to get. But, I do know that a lot of people were disappointed that the big 747 didn't show. That plane, the 747 usually carries a full compliment of what we know to be econ class filled with the Press Corp.Without those press people flying with the President why not use a smaller plane for the mid-country flight. I also understand that thinking, too. So, It wasn't President Trump that turned my car around, but the peripheral works that did.
It was a perfect and delightful afternoon waiting for the President's arrival. We are in a period of roller-coaster weather right now. Yesterday was bottom out humidity at 17 % with temps in the low 70s. Today, it is going to be 88 and tomorrow it will be 50 with possible frost at night. If it does frost, it will be again, another early occurring weather phenom this year.
I had forgotten that Governor Abbott and his crony the AG, Ken Paxton, were waiting to meet the President for a meeting at Love Field about the Hurricane funding. There was big money from all over the country here, too. Texas politics is almost like having two countries in one. Texas still reminds people that we were once a Republic of our own. And it is not something that has been put on a shelf somewhere to collect dust. It's life is live and active in this state for sure. I had to laugh at the Fox news guys showing the film clip of a CNBC reporter doing a report at "the wall" and on camera behind the reporter were three illegal aliens coming over the fence into the US. In short, the reporters were saying, "Look, the President was right, we need the wall" while the Boarder Patrol Officer was saying that he sees this many times during the day. For those that don't like the Donald, "Look, he's a New Yorker". New Yorker's were some of my best customers over the years. They look at things different but still come up with the same answer that the rest of America does. It's like me saying here's your 35-cents and you saying here's your 65-cents and we are all talking about a product you bought for 65-cents and I'm talking about your change of 35-cents as we exchange a one-dollar bill. It's all in how we look at a situation and the perception we have from living in different parts of the country. It's nothing to get upset about, really.
So, I came away from Love Field with some pictures. Not as many as before. Still, I am pleased to see the crowds turn out to welcome the President. But I still think that we should go back to teaching Civics in our schools instead of expelling students for dying their hair.We need to understand the basics of civilization and know our history. We are not some Egyptian Pharaoh who didn't like the pharaoh prior and erased him from buildings, and monuments and basically wiped him out of history. We need to view history as a moment in time when we thought a certain way or how we have changed as a society since. To wipe it out totally is a distortion of history itself.
There will be a short post to following this one immediately so you may get an extra email alert.
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| Air Force One is not 'the' plane, it's a designation that the President is aboard a SAM flight with that plane's tail number. So, technically, this 757 is Air Force One for today. |
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| My traditional nose shot was altered by the Dallas Police when they moved us back at Bachman Lake. Before, we have been allowed to stand under the runway and shoot. Not today, folks. |
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| The Cormorant's had the best view ever. They are on the ILS landing system tower 7 and seem to be enjoying their view. Right below the sigh that says don't feed the birds for safety reasons. And, parks and recreation moved the geese and ducks than usually hang out below. Now, there are egrets and mud hens (coots) and these cormorants below the tower as planes come in some 50 feet above. Such is life among 4.9 million people in the Metroplex |
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