Cut as many corners as on the 737's...............Maybe use the same defective auto pilot vertical stabilization system used on the 737-800? (that they didn't tell the pilots about)........

Actually it is PUTIN pushing on Trump to get it done. The new plane has Blue White and Red horizontal stripes.
Co-incidentally just like the Russian Flag......

What could possibly go wrong?

At least, I hope he will.

The window will blow off with him sitting there with no seatbelt?

I’m sorry, did I say that out loud?

hear what you said.

😉😁

Yes, have them inspected by Musk's little minions to cut costs and raise efficiency.

After all, taxpayers will cover all the costs.

will pay for it. The new plane will have nice colors (Russian). Ok for the next 4 years but then we'll need another one that actually keeps POTUS safe.

I suspect they will lose even more than $1 billion

For comparison a Ford-class carrier costs $13 billion

A Standard Boeing 747-8I cost around $400 million. Of course they are no longer in production which is why Boeing had to start with aircraft that had already built for Transaero, who went bankrupt before they could be delivered. It probably would have been cheaper to have started with complete new builds for the new VC-25Bs as there would have been a lot of work in ripping out an reconfiguring existing systems to meet the contract requirements for security, durability, and survivability.

The 747 line was still operational when the order was originated, but someone decided that it would be cheaper to retrofit the existing airframes. (It wasn't.)

All wiring throughout the airframe had to be removed and replaced with hardened materials to help mitigate EMP. There was also a whole shit-ton of rework required to meet the security and safety criteria. There were also several changes that the Orange Turd demanded during his first mis-administration ...like removing the mid-air refueling capability. Many of the things he demanded be removed required a lot of additional deconstruction and reconstruction. The dark paint scheme he mandated also screws with the thermal characteristics.

A lot of the extra costs were his own damn fault. And now they are actually talking about 'retrofitting' other existing airframes to serve as the presidential aircraft, which will incur additional untold costs just to meet the security and survivability criteria, n to to mention the communications and defensive attributes that are in the current aircraft. It's obvious that this idiot has no concept whatsoever about what is actually involved in this type of manufacture.

Why was the mid air refueling capability eliminated?

Trump shouldn't have to be inconvenienced by bothersome roadblocks like checking to be sure all the parts are where they should be, tools weren't left inside the engines, and FAA inspections (since the FAA won't have enough inspectors anyhow). Speed tape works fine for a lot of things. Get 'em put together and out the door ASAP; just try not to fly them over populated areas.

test run with Vance, Trump and musk on board? What do you think.

willl have to use it. Oh, wait, the very existence of a next POTUS would be a good thing. Never mind.

Do we know where Hegseth has been?

Just because he doesn't care, doesn't mean that future presidents won't.

If we aren't careful, Russian microphones will be everywhere.

On a completely different subject, this is yet another huge conflict of interest for Musk. Boeing and SpaceEx are competitors for federal contracts. Anything he does to undermine Boeing is of enormous benefit to him.

… they’re harmless!

I actually find that quite surprising. I would have thought that Air Force One would have been much newer.

undergo maintenance, repair, modifications or upgrades, they use all new parts for the job.

Just wondering how many need to be on that flight.

in the midterms, then just 2.

I would be ok with maybe them skipping every third bolt . . . .

in air White House.

Maybe F47 wants a new plane so that when he flees the country he can do so using a new plane with security technology that will appease Putin.

…he picked them up in Saudi Arabia last week.

DOGE approved efficiency!

His strategy at SpaceX is that rapid unscheduled disassemblies are valuable learning moments and not to be shunned or mourned. Maybe he'll move fast and break things.

All these backup systems - are they really necessary?

Wings? That's so 20th-century.

Let trump feel the effect of his rulings directly. Of all the planes currently falling out of the skies right now, I think this is one that could really do us some good. trump is too stupid and egotistical to realize that some things can't be speeded up if you want it done right, and being done right is a matter of life and death. So, give him a life-learning lesson!

delivers it tomorrow.

What's the big deal ... he's the "richest man in the world." Am I right?

Would you fly in that thing?

... Lord do not let anyone get seriously hurt because of the South Afrikan poster boy for the Dunning Kruger Effect being an even worse aeronautical engineer than he is automotive engineer. Or running a tunneling company. Or running a social network.

I live in the city where the 747 is manufactured. Come to Everett and enjoy some hospitality from the locals.

(and eventually went across into Canada to Vancouver)

Boeing and Microsoft all over the damn place and the whole area is nothing but A LOT of trees! Just billions of acres of conifers.

And just let it go down with him on it.

He asked for it.

Trump should buy a season Amtrak ticket.

Leave security at home.

Money saved, DOGE team will love the idea!

(and $2 ea. for his security detail)

If only I had the Photoshop skills to reproduce what's in my head.

and delivery of c) current Boeing aircraft.

That is actually a GREAT idea. A+B+C = very stable genius thinking.

Bigly brained very good idea, sir, with tears in eyes.

What could go wrong?

"I am the new supervisor in charge of installing Top Secret communications equipment in the airplane, comrade. Could you show me where the classified documents are located? It's Mar-a-Lago? I'll have Ivan take care of it -- he works the front desk checking in 'guests.' "

Shit if passing this along to that other asshole?

Holy shit, this 78 year old toddler is going to kill a whole lot of us!