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Seabear wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/air-force-un-as-north-koreas-leader-steps-onto-international-stage-a-question-over-his-ability-to-fly/2018/04/09/08c265e2-3c08-11e8-8d53-eba0ed2371cc_story.html?utm_term=.cc3c586d3a3e&wpisrc=nl_az_most&wpmk=1
Perhaps Vlad could lend him a spare IL96?
TWA772LR wrote:Seabear wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/air-force-un-as-north-koreas-leader-steps-onto-international-stage-a-question-over-his-ability-to-fly/2018/04/09/08c265e2-3c08-11e8-8d53-eba0ed2371cc_story.html?utm_term=.cc3c586d3a3e&wpisrc=nl_az_most&wpmk=1
Perhaps Vlad could lend him a spare IL96?
Slightly OT, has a head of state ever flown in another head of states aircraft before?
Aesma wrote:Recently Emmanuel Macron's Falcon 7X was in a collision in Sénégal, so he rode a presidential A319CJ with the senegalese president. Incidentally this was a former French presidential aircraft, before Sarkozy upgraded to an A330.
TWA772LR wrote:Seabear wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/air-force-un-as-north-koreas-leader-steps-onto-international-stage-a-question-over-his-ability-to-fly/2018/04/09/08c265e2-3c08-11e8-8d53-eba0ed2371cc_story.html?utm_term=.cc3c586d3a3e&wpisrc=nl_az_most&wpmk=1
Perhaps Vlad could lend him a spare IL96?
Slightly OT, has a head of state ever flown in another head of states aircraft before?
As North Korea’s leader steps onto international stage, a question over his ability to fly
Melbourne wrote:I don't understand the point of this thread?
VSMUT wrote:Melbourne wrote:I don't understand the point of this thread?
American propaganda in the same style as "hur hur, he fat"
I for one think that arriving on a massive private train is way cooler and a very stately way to arrive for meeting with the US President. Any talk of the meeting happening in the US is nonsense anyway. It will happen on neutral ground. Wherever they go, it will almost certainly be within a fuel stops distance from Russia or China.
VSMUT wrote:Melbourne wrote:I don't understand the point of this thread?
American propaganda in the same style as "hur hur, he fat"
I for one think that arriving on a massive private train is way cooler and a very stately way to arrive for meeting with the US President. Any talk of the meeting happening in the US is nonsense anyway. It will happen on neutral ground. Wherever they go, it will almost certainly be within a fuel stops distance from Russia or China.
TWA772LR wrote:VSMUT wrote:Melbourne wrote:I don't understand the point of this thread?
American propaganda in the same style as "hur hur, he fat"
I for one think that arriving on a massive private train is way cooler and a very stately way to arrive for meeting with the US President. Any talk of the meeting happening in the US is nonsense anyway. It will happen on neutral ground. Wherever they go, it will almost certainly be within a fuel stops distance from Russia or China.
FWIW proposed sites include (in addition to the above) Mongolia, Singapore and Switzerland. The first 2 are within Il62 range, while Switzerland would involve a stop in Russia (to meet with P-Daddy) or China (to meet with Xi (snappy name not found)).
jonnyclam123 wrote:The meeting will be occurring on June 12th in Singapore. FNJ-SIN is 2557 NM
keesje wrote:'nough said..
sandbender wrote:keesje wrote:'nough said..
He took a train for his recent visit to China.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-28/north-korean-leader-kim-jong-un-travelled-china-armoured-train/9596838
The other photos are from a photo-op from his late father's birthday in 2015.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2955471/All-aboard-Air-Force-glimpse-inside-North-Korean-dictator-s-private-jet-marks-late-father-s-birthday.html