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-=> Aviation HQ wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-

 AH> At present there are 3 former Presidential 707s that can be visited.

 AH> VC-137C SAM 26000, the first jet built specifically for presidential
 AH> airlift. It served eight presidents and is displayed at the National
 AH> Museum of the U.S. Air Force (Dayton, Ohio). This is the aircraft which
 AH> carried the casket with the remains of JFK from Dallas back to
 AH> Washington Nov.22 1963

 AH> VC-137C SAM 27000, the other famous 707, which served presidents from
 AH> Nixon to G.W. Bush. Ronald Reagan Presidential Library (Simi Valley,
 AH> California). Initially this plane was on display at the Richard Nixon
 AH> Presidential Library at Yorba Linda in California.

Interesting, I remember seeing tail numbers 26000 and 27000 as a kid...


 
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