US President will now ride in a Rolls-Royce, not a Cadillac

[bobbysamd]

POTUS helo fleet

American-designed and built Sikorsky helicopters have served as Marine One for 40 years. Maybe we should also consider buying the A-380 to serve as Air Force One? Maybe I'm being too sensitive, but I think only American helicopters should have been considered for this contract.

Although USCG Aviation operates European designed equipment and the Marines operate the British-inspired Harrier, etc., this is one time to "always buy American."

 

[EuroWheenie]

cherokee

Indeed. And it's aeroplanes by the way

 

[surplus1]

Not to worry guys, as soon as we have an Austrian prisident it won't matter if he flys around in a British chopper flown by an Italian pilot or a French airliner flown by an Algerian. We're just "spreading freedom" around. Anyway since this helicopter will be assembled by Lockheed, the workers are probably from Mexico.

PS. I tried to get the Waltons to consider moving to a condo in Beijing, so they could be "close to the business" but they balked.

 

[nipopolis]

I think I remember Congressional hearings when it made the news that U.S. soldiers were wearing berets made in China. And weren't the contracts then moved to U.S. manufacturers? I could be mistaken. Politicians really confuse me.

Nip