Trump Wants to Give Air Force One Makeover
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President Trump reportedly wants to give Air Force One a makeover — so it isn't a 'Jackie Kennedy color'
Erin Donnelly, Yahoo Lifestyle 22 hours ago 
Thanks to his European travels this week, President Trump has logged some considerable hours on Air Force One lately. But will his iconic ride soon be changing?
Time for a change? Trump reportedly wants to give Air Force One a makeover. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
According to a report by Axios , Trump is eager to give the presidential plane a “more American look,” citing issues with the blue-and-white color scheme. POTUS reportedly wants to ditch the “ Jackie Kennedy color,” noting the late first lady’s involvement in an Air Force One redesign in the early 1960s.
Air Force One currently features two shades of blue, which were chosen by the Kennedys. (Photo: Benoit Doppagne/AFP/Getty Images)
Trump reportedly expressed his concerns in a February meeting with Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg, during which the men are said to have discussed a $4 billion deal to replace two 747s for official White House business. (As the New York Times reported in 2015, the planned plane upgrade — new paint job notwithstanding — has been in the works since the Obama era, though the new aircrafts may not be available until 2023.)
President Trump is reportedly not a fan of the Air Force One design. (Photo:Benoit Doppagne/AFP/Getty Images)
Sources told Axios that Trump has his heart set on a patriotic red, white, and blue makeover, with a larger bed on board. Historian Michael Beschloss balked at the proposed paint job and defended the “timeless design” chosen by the Kennedys.
“Every time you see that blue trim and the words ‘United States OF America’ spelled out in that same typeface as an early version of the Declaration of Independence, it brings back JFK landing in Germany to speak at the Berlin Wall, Richard Nixon flying to China, Ronald Reagan stepping off the plane to see Gorbachev in Iceland, and a thousand other scenes of presidents in our past,” he told Axios.
The shade is officially known as “luxurious ultramarine.” Prior to that, presidential aircraft featured the color orange, which Beschloss claims President John F. Kennedy found to be “gaudy.” He instead opted for blue, which was reportedly his favorite color .
News of Trump’s rumored plane plan has largely been met with cracks that he’ll cover the plane in gold leaf, or even the Confederate flag.
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Now we are arguing over color schemes?
What a pathetic group we have become.
All Americans should be concerned. This one hurts my eyes:
If Trump were an honest man this would be the interior of Air Force One:
That made me smile:)
Who is arguing? I could care less what color it is. But if Trump truly believes that AF1 is his, then let him pay for it.
Out with the old, in with the new.
As Martha Stewart Says: "It's a GOOD thing" !
Mostly for golf trips.
Which is different than other presidents how?
At least he hasn't started to us it for campaign fund raising trips, yet.....
Now that I look at it, the current color scheme is kind of soft/effeminate and passé. I assume he wants a bolder more masculine statement. Since a number of commercial airlines use red white and blue color schemes (British airways, United, American etc), all he has to do is pick something that sets his plane apart from them.
Here's something he may like.
And when a Democrat is elected, he can paint the plane to match the flag of Mexico. lol
Hahahahahahaha - touche'
I thought that conservatives claimed that we were looking forward to the Venezuelan flag?
He should have this photo painted on the side of the plane like they did with the World War Two bombers
"Ivanka"
Better yet, we should honor our First Lady:
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Lol. Tell you what OSM, I challenge you to find a single picture of any First Lady in history that would be a TOS violation. I can find dozens of them from our Einstein visa First Lady … and I'm using the term Lady very loosely.
She needed the money. Trump rescued her from a life of tawdry exploitation.
The First Lady has about as much class and sophistication as Stormy Daniels … and the same taste in men.
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Jackie did not pose for a camera. Apples and oranges.
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No but she sold herself to Onassis in return for money the same as a prostitute. Her marriage was nothing more than legal prostitution complete with a business contract that specified sexual obligations.
Maybe he could paint Hillary’s face on the bottom of the plane or paint her mouth around the hole used to drain the sewage.
Great idea! I'm sure his despicable supporters would approve...
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Perfect. Trump should be sure to have it finished just before he leaves office so he can hand it over to his Democratic successor.
It probably won't be finished since he started his stupid trade war the parts will have a 100 % tariff on them...
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Air Force One looks the way it does because President John F. Kennedy sat on the floor of the Oval Office with an industrial designer, scissors, paper and crayons.
It was May 1962, and the Air Force had ordered a Boeing C-137 Stratoliner for the president. It could fly anywhere in the world on a half-hour notice. It carried as many as eight crew members and 40 passengers, and had a range of 6,000 miles.
The Air Force had designed a red-and-fold color scheme for the plane, a modified long-range Boeing 707.
Raymond Loewy, the world’s preeminent industrial designer, viewed the Air Force One design as hideous.
I was unimpressed by the gaudy red exterior markings and ... the amateurish graphics of Air Force One, he said.
Loewy owned the largest design firm in New York. He had designed Lucky Strike cigarettes, Studebaker cars, Coca-Cola bottle, Electrolux refrigerators. The press called him The Man Who Streamlined America.
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, with her unerring sense of style, lobbied the president to hire the French-born Loewy.
Loewy met with the president twice. The first time, he and Kennedy sat on the floor of the Oval Office drawing with crayons and cutting up paper to come up with a livery for Air Force One.
Then Loewy visited the National Archives to examine historic documents. He was struck by the first printed copy of the Declaration of Independence; it had the country's name set widely spaced in capital letters in a typeface known as Caslon.
Kennedy had already ordered the Air Force to remove the military lettering in favor of the simple United States of America. And he told Loewy he liked blue.
Loewy chose two blues: slate and cyan. He left the underside of the fuselage silver and added the presidential seal near the nose, a large American flag to the tail, and the words "United States of America" in capital letters using the Caslon typeface.
The First Lady had a hand in designing the interior of the plane. Kennedy had his own entrance, a pale blue rug with an American eagle in the center of an oval with 13 stars, a customized bed, a stateroom, a conference room and glassware from Tiffany's.
Air Force One to this day carries the Loewy design. In 1964, Loewy designed the memorial stamp commemorating John F. Kennedy.