Obama to MSY - Oil Leak Response

Aviation Notable Activity
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Air Force One heading to MSY today, due in about 11:30am.

After departure about 3:00pm, it’s off to SFO.

Press plane,

flightaware.com/live/flight/GWY3 … /KADW/KMSY

Used to use JetBlue for the press, now on USA 3000.

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What is he going there for?

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SOS, going to a school and a town hall meeting.

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Coming back to MSY tomorrow for oil well disaster.

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Try to keep up.

http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/8/9/9/i/6/6/9/o/Oilriggexplosion.jpg

Frank Holbert
160knots.com

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I fear this is still in the beginning stages of the worst environmental disaster of all time. And Frank, I just realized Will asked that last October.

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At last - Obama’s going to get an HONEST job and fight the oil spill!

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He needs to keep his butt in DC. We’ll get more accomplished without his “Photo Ops”.

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All Presidents feel the need to go to the disaster and see “first-hand” the devastation. In reality, it is a PR mission which cost the taxpayers millions in travel and security, and as I have seen first hand, completely disrupts those trying to fix the problem. <davysims=Katrina Survivor>

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I prefer them doing PR stops, though he needs to come to Dayton so I can get some pics of AF1. Plus if they’re traveling, they can’t make stupid laws.

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How much water for firefighting do those boats carry?

http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/8/9/9/i/6/6/9/o/Oilriggexplosion.jpg

Frank Holbert
160knots.com

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Huh? I would imagine those boats pull water from the source they’re floating in, wouldn’t they?

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They don’t carry a drop of water for firefighting. They draw from the water they are floating in.

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No, the fish would plug up the hose.

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Wha?? Since when did Frank become a troll? :laughing:

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You would be amazed what a fire pump can suck up and send through a hose. :laughing: (Voice of experience)

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Will this…
http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2005/may4/gifs/tuna_feeds.jpg

Fit though this?
http://www.irrigationwarehouse.com.au/images/fire%20nozzles.jpg

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It will, but I never said what it would look like after encountering the pump/blender.

http://images.craveonline.com/article_imgs/Image/tuna_can.jpg

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LOL!!

I was really expecting a child birth story.

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A Fedex DC10 arrived from ANC,

flightaware.com/live/flight/FDX9 … /PANC/KMSY

Maybe parts and supplies to help with the disaster?

Also, here is the TFR for MSY and the Gulf of Mexico,

tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_0_8110.html