Marcus Weisgerber
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Dad, Husband, Golden Retriever enthusiast, #AvGeek, New Yorker. Former biz editor @DefenseOne RT ≠ Endorsement
Washington, DC
Joined January 2011
Some personal news: After nearly 10 years, next Friday will be my last day at @DefenseOne. I've decided to pursue an exciting career opportunity outside of journalism. More about that later. 1/X
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Same plane is now doing pattern work at Andrews. Air Force One pilots training to fly the Qatar-gifted 747-8?
Atlas Air’s N850GT displays a call sign usually used by the US Air Force’s 89th Airlift Wing out of JB Andrews as it’s flying out of JB Andrews. 🤔
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"There were no distress calls [to PNE air traffic control tower] received from the flight crew...The CVR did not record the accident flight and during the audition it was determined that the CVR had likely not been recording audio for several years."
NTSB issues its preliminary report for its ongoing investigation of the Jan. 31 crash of a Learjet 55 airplane in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: https://t.co/UYupG1UKfO
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Buying VIP-configured jetliners like this were among the options laid out in a Dec. 21, 2016, briefing given to Trump by former Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg. Here are the four options Boeing proposed back then for reducing the cost of the new Air Force One https://t.co/QTZBe78UOF
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President Trump touring a Boeing 747-8 private jet at Palm Beach International last weekend is noteworthy because in December 2016, Boeing proposed selling Trump non-militarized planes just like this to replace the two current Air Force One aircraft. Is this back on the table?
Trump tours Boeing plane to highlight aircraft maker’s delay in delivering a new Air Force One https://t.co/9zDHyMybTe
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It appears that President Trump’s personal Boeing 757 is parked on the ramp at DCA south of the passenger terminals. He doesn’t use that plane anymore now that he’s president
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IMPORTANT 👇 - there’s rampant amateur speculation about the helicopter’s ADS-B location signal. It’s common to be turned off in DC, folks. See:
Many of the military helicopters flying in the DC area do not broadcast ADS-B data. The fighter jets flying out of Andrews rarely broadcast ADS-B either
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Many of the military helicopters flying in the DC area do not broadcast ADS-B data. The fighter jets flying out of Andrews rarely broadcast ADS-B either
The FAA confirms tonight’s collision near DCA involved #AA5342 and a US military H60. The helicopter was not broadcasting ADS-B data. The last received ADS-B position from the CRJ was at 01:48 UTC. AA5342 was en route from Wichita to Washington (DCA) and was on final approach
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All military helicopters flying along the Potomac River talk to the same air traffic control tower as the planes taking off and landing at DCA. The air traffic controller usually alerts landing planes of passing helicopters, and passing helicopters of landing planes #planecrash
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🚨 #BREAKING: A plane has crashed into a helicopter while landing at Reagan National Airport near Washington, DC Fatalities have been reported, a MASSIVE search & rescue operation is happening in the Potomac River Witnesses reported seeing a “massive crash” and hearing a loud
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NEW: The FAA says a firefighting aircraft was hit by a drone near the Palisades fire on Thursday, but was able to land safely. The agency reminds drone operators that there’s a TFR in place over L.A.
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Not something you see every day, USAF C-32A in the American Airlines hangar at LAX that was being used as Air Force One taking POTUS to California and most likely to prevent a potential buildup of ash on the aircraft. 😎 🎥 FBJay Turner
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Pretty sure that this is the first time Trump's private Boeing 757 has landed at Joint Base Andrews. As president-elect in 2016, his plane flew into Reagan National Airport several times, but to my recollection never Andrews. He's likely landing there for security reasons
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🚨🚨 TODAY WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THE VH-92 PATRIOT WILL BE USED AS MARINE ONE 🚨🚨
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Shipping our first airplane @hermeuscorp - Quarterhorse Mk 1 is out the door to begin taxi testing Design-build-integration: 204 days Integrated testing: 69 days Let's go 🇺🇸🇺🇸
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Eagerly awaiting the New York congressional delegation to declare NYC the pizza capital of the world
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New Doomsday Planes ⬇️
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The new version of the presidential helicopter--the Sikorsky VH-92A Patriot--is flying behind Marine One today as Biden leaves Delaware after a weekend here.
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