Timeline for Does a pilot of Air Force One receive any special privileges?
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| Dec 17, 2017 at 21:01 | comment | added | DJClayworth | I believe it's normal for traffic to be completely halted on the ground and kept well clear of the airport while AF1 is moving, so there shouldn't be traffic a mile off the departure. | |
| Dec 12, 2017 at 17:00 | history | edited | Dave | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 23, 2016 at 3:04 | vote | accept | love gupta | ||
| Jul 23, 2016 at 0:18 | comment | added | Lnafziger | @RalphJ Well, this was in Daytona many years ago, and there are Presidential TFR's, so I'm sure that they would be well aware of any intruders that would be in the area. | |
| Jul 22, 2016 at 21:00 | comment | added | user | @lovegupta In the movie, when Air Force One is being cleared for takeoff, they are also at the Moscow International Airport. Well aside from the fact that what's accepted in the US (due to the fact that the plane is being operated as part of the US Air Force) might not be accepted elsewhere, plain and simple common courtesy and self-preservation instinct would suggest that you ask if it's okay before you get a 375,000 kg MTOW, 70 by 60 meters aircraft even onto a runway. Though compare Can a pilot take off at his own discretion?. | |
| Jul 22, 2016 at 17:03 | comment | added | Ralph J♦ | The couple of times I've heard AF1 on an ATC frequency, they received clearances like any other aircraft. (The big difference being, they probably never had to argue with ATC to get what they wanted!) But if Tower knows that there is traffic a mile off the end of the departure runway, it's probably better for everyone to hold AF1 until the traffic is clear, instead of them blasting off with an attitude of "I'm AF1, I do whatever I please!" Those conflicts are probably really, really rare, but typically AF1 mostly uses the same vocabulary with ATC as the rest of us do. | |
| Jul 22, 2016 at 15:24 | comment | added | love gupta | In the movie Airforce one ATC clears AFO to take off. Don't know what is the procedure. | |
| Jul 22, 2016 at 15:01 | comment | added | love gupta | I saw a documentary on discovery covering AFO when Bush flew to Iraq war zone then AFO didn't follow ATC rules (it was due to keep secrecy of mission). But on the same point no other flight can give false info to ATC | |
| Jul 22, 2016 at 14:25 | comment | added | Lnafziger | I have heard that they clear themselves for take off (by informing the tower controllers). | |
| Jul 22, 2016 at 13:59 | comment | added | Pondlife | One special treatment is that they'll be allowed to operate within a presidential TFR ;-) | |
| Jul 22, 2016 at 13:51 | history | answered | Dave | CC BY-SA 3.0 |