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Old 01-22-2009, 11:30 AM   #76
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Thanks!

They are a bit anticlimactic, but at least show the clean-up and give an idea of what it was like on the ground.
Not at all, they're great. The details of what we saw on TV... kind of like checking out the set of a movie we've seen. Thank you.
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Old 01-23-2009, 08:38 AM   #77
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There's a big parking lot across the street from my office building. They had put up a big tent for some inaugural event there. Yesterday, they took the fabric off the tent, and I saw this!
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Old 01-23-2009, 08:41 AM   #78
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So I looked it up.
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This weekend, a plane will touch down in the center of Washington. Actually, it will be half a plane, a Boeing 727 replica of Air Force One that will be the highlight of InauguralFest, a week-long event from Jan. 16-24 in the parking lot of the old convention center in downtown Washington (1100 H Street NW).

...the Boeing used to operate as the campaign plane for John Kerry and John Edwards, the Democrats who lost in the 2004 presidential race. Warlick purchased the jet, sans engine and wings, for $250,000 last year, then repainted it and repurposed the inside to resemble Air Force One. (President George H.W. Bush upgraded to a 747, so Warlick says the smaller plane looks more like what Ronald Reagan used.)
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Old 01-23-2009, 12:00 PM   #79
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Thank's glatt, I love these aftermath pictures.
He's stretching it a bit. Air force one went from 707s to 747s, but for an interior mock up, I suppose he could have used a big barrel.
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