On the airliner community; American Airlines is bringing back its swankiest jet, the Airbus A321T

Zach Griff
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This March, American Airlines’ flyers trekking across the country will have the opportunity to fly the carrier’s best domestic jet.

During the weekend, the Fort Worth-based carrier filed its March 2021 schedule, which included a welcome upgrade for transcon travelers. Specifically, one of the carrier’s three New York (JFK) to Los Angeles (LAX) frequencies will be operated by the Airbus A321T. -from tpg

In the military community: The “Lady Bird Special” Was The Lowliest Of Air Force One Aircraft
President Lyndon B. Johnson used the small King Air to access his beloved ranch in Texas.

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THOMAS NEWDICK
JANUARY 25, 2021
THE WAR ZONE

Hear the words ‘Air Force One’ and the chances are the aircraft you picture is not a propeller-driven, adapted utility transport, with four passenger seats and a couple of foldout tables, whisking its high-profile passengers along at a leisurely speed of just over 250 miles per hour. Back in 1966, however, the U.S. Air Force really did assign a single VIP-configured Beechcraft twin turboprop to the mission of presidential transport, for the use of President Lyndon B. Johnson and his family.