ED'S TIN PLANES: BOEING 707 AIR FORCE ONE

Here's another one from my tin fleet!

Popularly known as "SAM 26000" (Special Air Mission; tail number 26000), the aircraft has also been called "Air Force One" -- though this designation was used officially only when the president was aboard. 

During the 1950s, the call sign of the presidential aircraft was the prefix SAM followed by the aircraft's tail number, and the name "Air Force One" was later chosen to ensure there was no question as to where the president's aircraft was and whether the president was aboard. 

Because President Kennedy did not name his aircraft as had former presidents, the news media popularized the call sign "Air Force One" as this aircraft's name. Air Force One photo courtesy National Museum of the US Air Force.

During the mid-'60s TN of Hong Kong produced their version of Air Force One. It has a tin-litho upper fuselage and wings, while the lower fuselage and wing bottoms are plastic, and operates off of two 'D' cell batteries. 

When you turn it on, the plane makes engine noises, the lights on either wing flash, and the plane rolls forward. The plane measures 13 3/4" (34.9cm) L x 12 1/4" (31.1cm) wingspan x 5 5/8" (15.9cm) H.

From Vegas Air Field

Ed B

Below with my Daiya B-47 posted the other day