Flightsim Workshop

 Presidential aircraft are a symbol of power for many countries, and governments spend millions of dollars every year maintaining their "official fleet". Although owning a presidential aircraft might seem the safest and most convenient way to move a head of state around the world, not every government chooses that option. A good example is the UK, which doesn't own a presidential, or in their case an official aircraft for their Prime Minister. Instead, that country chooses to lease a commercial aircraft to take the PM around the world, so sometimes you'll see him on a Virgin Atlantic (normally an a340), and others in a British Airways aircraft. The president of the United States though, is a different story, and the most famous "presidential aircraft" is the Air Force One, which is a highly modified 747 called the VC-25, which has many secret features and others which are a bit obvious, including its ability to refuel in-flight, anti missile equipment, et