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NATION, Page 53American NotesTHE PRESIDENCYAs for the Almonds . . .
Twenty months behind schedule and costing taxpayers $133
million, the latest version of Air Force One was shown off last
week. "If the President wants to go anywhere, and I mean
anywhere, this ship is ready,"says an Air Force spokesman.
Demands that the Boeing 747 be equipped with the latest
security gizmos delayed delivery of the gleaming blue-and-white
plane. It carries 19 television sets and more than 80
telephones. Communications gear will permit the President to
grab information from satellites or to communicate with
submarine commanders. The plane (the second one will be ready
next June) replaces the Boeing 707s in use since 1962. The
President's quarters include an office that converts to a
medical emergency room and a dining room. It flies 7,000 miles
nonstop and, with aerial refueling, can stay aloft nearly
three days.