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xfundy

(5,105 posts) Wed Sep 16, 2015, 10:05 PM Sep 2015

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Did the RayGun lieberry pay market price for that plane?

Or did they rip off taxpayers yet again?

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Did the RayGun lieberry pay market price for that plane? (Original Post) xfundy Sep 2015 OP

I imagine it was a donation when they retired the 707's. Agschmid Sep 2015 #1

It's an old Air Force One. I think it's a donation of a plane that would have been taken out of MADem Sep 2015 #2

You can get an aircraft carrier cheap if you want jberryhill Sep 2015 #3

It is a huge fucking lieberry tonight.... onecaliberal Sep 2015 #4

It's on loan from the Air Force. nt Blasphemer Sep 2015 #5

They dont own it Travis_0004 Sep 2015 #6

Then they should be paying rent. xfundy Sep 2015 #7

After we scrap it, can we head to the National Air and Space Museum and scrap those too Travis_0004 Sep 2015 #8

Agschmid

(28,749 posts)

1. I imagine it was a donation when they retired the 707's.

Reply to xfundy (Original post)

Wed Sep 16, 2015, 10:06 PM

Sep 2015

MADem

(135,425 posts)

2. It's an old Air Force One. I think it's a donation of a plane that would have been taken out of

Reply to xfundy (Original post)

Wed Sep 16, 2015, 10:07 PM

Sep 2015

service.

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

3. You can get an aircraft carrier cheap if you want

Reply to xfundy (Original post)

Wed Sep 16, 2015, 10:08 PM

Sep 2015

It was decommissioned surplus like anything else.

onecaliberal

(32,854 posts)

4. It is a huge fucking lieberry tonight....

Reply to xfundy (Original post)

Wed Sep 16, 2015, 10:10 PM

Sep 2015

Blasphemer

(3,261 posts)

5. It's on loan from the Air Force. nt

Reply to xfundy (Original post)

Wed Sep 16, 2015, 10:12 PM

Sep 2015

Travis_0004

(5,417 posts)

6. They dont own it

Reply to xfundy (Original post)

Wed Sep 16, 2015, 10:52 PM

Sep 2015

The airforce owns the plane.

xfundy

(5,105 posts)

7. Then they should be paying rent.

Reply to Travis_0004 (Reply #6)

Wed Sep 16, 2015, 11:13 PM

Sep 2015

Taxpayers paid for it. Would be worth something in scrap. More than idolizing it.

Travis_0004

(5,417 posts)

8. After we scrap it, can we head to the National Air and Space Museum and scrap those too

Reply to xfundy (Reply #7)

Thu Sep 17, 2015, 08:49 AM

Sep 2015

I'm generally on the side of preserving history. Air force one is important in US history.

There are two identical planes. The other one is at The national Museum of the air force. Do we scrap that too? What about the Enola Gay. That would bring in some money for scrap.

And before anybody says it, the presidental library is a museum, of artifacts from that president. Also, who does the library pay rent to? Its run by the federal government. Does it pay rent to itself?

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