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Meanwhile, the getaway plane (Original Post) nitpicked Apr 2023 OP
Fueled and ready to fly to Russia. Emile Apr 2023 #1
Please let it be so. blueinredohio Apr 2023 #3
Not that plane PJMcK Apr 2023 #10
Refuel in Goose Bay, Labrador. Emile Apr 2023 #11
Canada? PJMcK Apr 2023 #13
I Seem to Recall NowISeetheLight Apr 2023 #14
Right you are! PJMcK Apr 2023 #16
Thanks NowISeetheLight Apr 2023 #19
Your post makes me like the idea even more. LOL Just A Box Of Rain Apr 2023 #17
I got that! PJMcK Apr 2023 #18
... Just A Box Of Rain Apr 2023 #20
Witch One is airborne. Sneederbunk Apr 2023 #2
Did they take away dweller Apr 2023 #4
MSB will not ask for one. I wonder if the plane has enough fuel to make it to Saudi Arabia. Botany Apr 2023 #5
I don't think an ankle monitor will fit on his ass. Irish_Dem Apr 2023 #6
757-200 has a range of around 3900 miles A HERETIC I AM Apr 2023 #7
It could make Budapest Aviation Pro Apr 2023 #8
Good point. A HERETIC I AM Apr 2023 #9
As more indictments come out, I think escape will cross his mind. Irish_Dem Apr 2023 #12
It can't fly that far without refueling but where would a fugitive go? PJMcK Apr 2023 #15

PJMcK

(25,126 posts)
10. Not that plane
Tue Apr 4, 2023, 04:54 PM
Apr 2023

Trump’s Boeing 757 entered service in 1991 meaning it’s an older plane.

The maximum range for the 757-200 is less than 4,000 miles while Palm Beach-Moscow is about 5,700 miles. He’d have to refuel but where?

Sorry, but I love aviation trivia! I know your post was tongue-in-cheek.

Here’s some more information if you’re a nerd like me:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_757

NowISeetheLight

(4,002 posts)
14. I Seem to Recall
Tue Apr 4, 2023, 05:11 PM
Apr 2023

Wasn’t “Trump Force One” actually out of service needing repairs for quite a while?

NowISeetheLight

(4,002 posts)
19. Thanks
Tue Apr 4, 2023, 05:20 PM
Apr 2023

I couldn’t help but notice the giant American flag on the tail that replaced the T he had earlier. I’m surprised it wasn’t a Confederate flag or Swastika flag though…. Might’ve been more appropriate considering the owner.

Botany

(77,872 posts)
5. MSB will not ask for one. I wonder if the plane has enough fuel to make it to Saudi Arabia.
Tue Apr 4, 2023, 04:30 PM
Apr 2023

I hope they put an ankle monitor on his ass.

A HERETIC I AM

(24,903 posts)
7. 757-200 has a range of around 3900 miles
Tue Apr 4, 2023, 04:38 PM
Apr 2023

NYC to Riyadh is 6500, so it would have to stop for fuel.

But he isn’t going anywhere. I bet he is convinced he will get re-elected, and being president was the best thing that ever happened to that asshole.

A HERETIC I AM

(24,903 posts)
9. Good point.
Tue Apr 4, 2023, 04:46 PM
Apr 2023

But I think he’s too chickenshit to actually leave.

His narcissism is so profound he is likely sure he will be exonerated.

One pundit on MSNBC yesterday said that prior to today, the idea of indicting a president was “unprecedented”.

Yeah? Well now it’s not, and I see today as the first turn on the wheel controlling the floodgates. I have a feeling the Georgia cases and the Federal cases (Jan 6 etc.) will be coming shortly.

PJMcK

(25,126 posts)
15. It can't fly that far without refueling but where would a fugitive go?
Tue Apr 4, 2023, 05:14 PM
Apr 2023

See my Post #10 above.

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