Talk:VC-137C SAM 26000

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Resting Place

Throwing this out there...the plane isn't actually at the National Air Force Museum; it's on base, inside one of the private display hangers exclusively for government personnel and families living on base. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.156.10.80 (talk) 19:43, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Link pruning

I've pruned some links on this and the sister article. See Talk:VC-137C_SAM_27000 for the rationale. Averell (talk) 18:15, 8 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Clinton replacement plane

Why was this plane sent as a replacement Air Force One when Clinton's SAM 27000 got stuck in the mud? Where were the two Boeings 747? Why was Clinton flying in SAM 27000?

The above is in error .. SAM 26000 was the aircraft that got stuck in the mud in Champaign, Illinois not one of the VC-25's (747) used by The Clinton Administration as the Primary Air Force One Aircraft.

The primary passenger for the aircraft was Mrs. Clinton - not the president. She was there to speak at the University of Illinois commencement. Instead of sending 26000 in as a backup, a C-9 was sent in for her return to Washington, DC. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 214.60.109.171 (talk) 18:44, 21 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Throne chair was a Hartman aircraft co

Sam 26000 only flew LBJ to vietnam as airforce one..the second trip sam 26000 was being overhauled in a hanger in ny

See "Around the World with LBJ" by james cross..his af1 commander Kjbrooks1962 (talk) 00:12, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Missions After Replacement Section

Drdpw, as I posted on your talk page, we'll have discussions here about what to have added and deleted before we post.

The first thing is on the Missions After Replacement Section. On the state funeral of LBJ section, should we mention that the burial service for LBJ took place on the same afternoon after the funeral services. It was SAM 26000 that made the arrangement for the final services to take place in different parts of the country on the same day doable on January 25, 1973. If you did Google searches, you'll see that final funeral and burial services for most of the previous 8 presidents that lay in state took place on different days, as their caskets were transported by trains; LBJ's was the first state funeral to take place in the modern jet transportation era, allowing for these arrangements.

On other notable missions section, after seeing at www.nationalmuseum.af.mil about the aircraft carried Queen Elizabeth II on a visit to the West Coast of the U.S., I added those details here. Can we add that?

I'll be waiting for your reply before we can do that. SnoopyAndCharlieBrown202070 (talk) 01:35, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

LBJ State Funeral

One thing that was removed, but I wanted to keep is about SAM 26000 and the state funeral of LBJ and the duration of the final services. The only reason that wanted to keep the information that final funeral and burial services on January 25, 1973 took place on the same day, despite taking place in different parts of the country, is because it took days, or perhaps weeks, for the caskets of most of the previous eight presidents who lay in state before LBJ to travel home from Washington to their final resting grounds.

SAM 26000 is the aircraft that made the arrangement for final funeral and burial services to be completed on the same day, despite taking place in different parts of the country. I did Google searches and it said that SAM 26000 made this arrangement doable and it became an innovation to state funerals.

If you don't want that, can we just mention that the burial services took place on the same afternoon as part of this arrangement? SnoopyAndCharlieBrown202070 (talk) 22:24, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It is all tangential to the aircraft, and gives too much weight to this one event. Drdpw (talk) 22:40, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Let's just mention that the final funeral and burial services took place in different parts of the country on the same day, January 25, 1973. But still, it was this aircraft that made this arrangement an innovation to state funerals. Reagan and Carter both looked to this when thinking about their funerals. SnoopyAndCharlieBrown202070 (talk) 00:36, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Queen Elizabeth II

Under the Other notable missions section, I added that SAM 26000 carried Queen Elizabeth II on a visit to the United States West Coast during her visit to the U.S. in March 1983. I got this details at the web site of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Also Kenneth T. Walsh mentioned it as well. Can we add it? It's quite a notable mission involving foreign leaders.

I had added it, but it was removed. But still, it should be mentioned as a foreign leader boarded the aircraft during a visit to the U.S. SnoopyAndCharlieBrown202070 (talk) 21:16, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]