Trump's plan for new presidential planes exterior has been scrapped

@NJChicaa (119617)
United States
March 10, 2023 9:21pm CST
The current Air Force One and Two are giant Boeing 747s with a white and baby blue color scheme. Trump wanted to make his mark on them while negotiating the construction of new planes and wanted a red/white/blue scheme. Boeing has said that they got the bad end of the deal but now they are saying that the red/white/blue scheme has been rejected. It was going to cause too much heat drawn to parts of the plane which would have involved systems being redesigned on a project that was already over budget. The new Air Force One/Two planes will look similar to the current ones but the light blue color will be a bit darker. I don't know why they changed it other than to make this administrations "mark" on them. I don't consider it an improvement but I'm sure it will become normal to my eye over time.
The USAF has revealed a new color scheme for the new Air Force One Boeing VC-25B jets under construction featuring a modernized version of the classic design with subtle change to shade of blue.
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25805)
• United States
11 Mar 23
Maybe they changed the color because they didn't have any of the old blue left.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (139697)
• Roseburg, Oregon
11 Mar 23
Why even waste the money to come up with a new plane.
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Mrki Krki
@mrki444 (15149)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
11 Mar 23
Red color will cause to much heat? What about this airplaine from Iceland airline? How it can be functional?
Oleksandr Kornienko
@Gotrix (202)
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11 Mar 23
The change in the color scheme of Air Force One/Two is not the only case where political decisions affect the design of transportation for high-ranking officials. However, safety and functionality must be a priority. I hope that future changes will take these factors into account and meet professional requirements.