Trump's crowd size in NC:

[essme]

looks like less than a couple of thousand. I could be wrong. It's not large though.

We aren't far from where he is speaking- it's 76 degrees, partly cloudy. He's at a small, regional airport that has an airstrip big enough for cargo jets- so easy for Air Force One to land. Lots of parking there.

He's right between Greensboro and Winston-Salem- so roughly 550,000 people are in a 20 minute easy drive of the place. It's about an hour and a half from Charlotte.

I would say those numbers aren't great- especially on a night like this that is so pretty, and cool out.

The Republicans here just voted NOT to give teachers a raise or bonus for the year, so it's possible that group is mostly lost.

[Maru Kitteh]

1. What airport? (I used to live in Raleigh)

[essme]

2. Smith-Reynolds

Not a passenger airport.

[Maru Kitteh]

11. I worked for a courier service. I think I've been there. nt

Pathetic. smh

[Karadeniz]

3. Remember the Russian oligarchs plane that landed where Trump's campaign plane landed

At several airports? Your post reminded me of that.

[stillcool]

8. I remember that...eons ago..

back when I was young.

[rsdsharp]

4. Granting that ANY fixed wing craft piloted be the

Air Force transporting the President is Air Force One, he hasn’t been using the 747s for these tarmac blathers. It’s a smaller jet using the same livery.

[essme]

5. Here's a photo

this was taken just a couple of hours ago. Local paper. ON EDIT: This is NOT today's photo. Sorry-

https://journalnow.com/opinion/editorials/our-view-on-the-president-s-visit-someone-please-hand-him-a-mask/article_43350872-f10c-11ea-a375-c389a5160038.html

[rsdsharp]

7. That's NOT a 747, which is what we typically think of as

Air Force One.

[essme]

9. Did you see my comment on edit?

I know AF1 is not always a 747.

My point about the runways, and the size of the airport was more about parking and crowd size. They were set up for 10,000 apparently- in an area of over half a million people within easy driving distance.

[rsdsharp]

10. Yes, I saw it. My only point is that the smaller aircraft

he’s using don’t require the runway length of a 747. It can land at smaller airports the bigger plane can’t.

[ms liberty]

6. I was in Greensboro when Obama was there with Joe in 08

It was outside downtown somewhere. I don't know Greensboro very well. It was packed, I don't know how many people but probably at least 10-15k. Obama had been in Charlotte a week or two before (without Joe); I was at that one also and it was reported as being 20k.

[struggle4progress]

12. "Biggest crowd ever! Even bigger than my inauguration crowd!"