Modification of Air Force One (Tail Number 26000) event
also: modification in 1968, the vertical fin was removed
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▶ 15:34
Only one aircraft with the tail number 26000. It was delivered to the 1254th Air Transport Wing on 10 October 1962 as a C-137, which is a Boeing 707-320. It was originally built with the vertical fin attached, but as a modification in 1968,…
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You can't just remove a vertical fin and it still fly. Sorry. Anyway, other modifications included leading edge flaps, new wing tips, takeoff flaps, and larger sucker doors. Interior modifications, which were a result of President Johnson's…
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the entry exit door. This explanation, if correct, would explain the lack of a vertical fin on 26000 in the photo taken in 72. However, it is hard to feature removing such a large structural item during a modification. Such a major alterati…
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new weights and balances, everything. It's like basically restructuring the entire aircraft. Any benefits from removal of the appendage would have been negligible. The unexplained part is why this particular 707 fitted with such a fin to be…