First Air Force One

Following a gala sendoff celebration at Marana Regional Airport in Arizona on March 18, President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s presidential aircraft, Columbine II, winged its way to a new home on the East Coast and a complete restoration. The new owners of the Lockheed VC-121, Dynamic Aviation of Bridgewater, Va., acquired the first aircraft to be …

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