© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Air Drive One sits on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland U.S. December 6, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
By Mike Stone and David Shepardson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration will modify, however proceed with, an Air Drive One paint scheme that carefully resembles the present white with two shades of blue, which dates again to President John F. Kennedy’s administration, the Air Drive mentioned on Friday.
A pink, white and blue paint scheme for the presidential plane, often known as Air Drive One when the president is on board, was proposed by Donald Trump when he was president, however was scuttled after a research confirmed it might create an excessive amount of warmth.
The present “robin’s egg” blue will likely be barely “deeper”, the engines will likely be a darker blue and the stomach is not going to be polished steel as a result of the jet’s alloy doesn’t permit that, the Air Drive mentioned.
The contractual choice for a Air Drive One paint job “was not required till this yr,” the Air Drive mentioned.
The Boeing (NYSE:) Co 747-8s are designed to be an airborne White Home capable of fly in worst-case safety eventualities, resembling nuclear warfare, and are modified with navy avionics, superior communications and a self-defense system.
Final summer season, the Air Drive mentioned Boeing was set to ship the next-generation Air Drive One 747s in 2026 and 2027, the newest delay. The Air Drive mentioned Friday they’re now projected to be delivered in 2027 and 2028.
Boeing has racked up $1.9 billion in losses on the $4.3 billion program that’s now a minimum of three years delayed.
Again in 2018, Boeing acquired a $3.9 billion contract to construct two 747-8 plane to be used as Air Drive One, to be delivered by December 2024. Boeing is closely modifying a pair of 747s for the mission.
