# Score50

**URL:** https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/score50/58324
**Category:** Notable Activity
**Created:** [December 16, 2019, 10:18pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/score50/58324 "2019-12-16T22:18:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![SoNic67](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/sonic67/32/119872_2.png) [@SoNic67](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/SoNic67)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2019, 10:18pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/score50/58324/1 "2019-12-16T22:18:00Z")

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On my airport it happens fairly frequently to see a Boeing 747, painted in White / Blue colors, to do several sessions of touch-and-go. It comes from Wash DC area and around 4PM goes back that way.  
Can you guess what plane it is?

 ![score50](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/flightaware/original/3X/f/3/f33f5009535e55d1ce7c5e6ba566f5a7c8d8bb2d.jpeg)

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### Author: ![tech0](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/tech0/32/113380_2.png) [@tech0](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/tech0)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2019, 1:08pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/score50/58324/2 "2019-12-17T13:08:04Z")

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That is not a Boeing 747 you’ve shown. It is an Astra SPX, aka USAF C-38A.

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### Author: ![SoNic67](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/sonic67/32/119872_2.png) [@SoNic67](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/SoNic67)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/score50/58324/3 "2019-12-17T15:36:18Z")

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Hmm… I should had taken a pic. It was the plane that is sometimes called Air Force One.

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### Author: ![tech0](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/tech0/32/113380_2.png) [@tech0](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/tech0)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/score50/58324/4 "2019-12-17T16:31:57Z")

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The Boeing 747’s used for presidential transport are USAF VC-25A with tail numbers 28000 and 29000. I doubt very much that the planes could be tracked by civilians.

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### Author: ![LawrenceHill](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/lawrencehill/32/113365_2.png) [@LawrenceHill](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/LawrenceHill)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2019, 4:39pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/score50/58324/5 "2019-12-17T16:39:08Z")

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> [@tech0](#):
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> I doubt very much that the planes could be tracked by civilians.

They both showed up just fine on my local SkyAware map when they flew into the UK last week.

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### Author: ![mrmusicman1260](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/mrmusicman1260/32/119908_2.png) [@mrmusicman1260](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/mrmusicman1260)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2019, 8:24pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/score50/58324/6 "2019-12-28T20:24:27Z")

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Score 50 41570 is EX USAF C-38A it is now flown by Nas Patuxent River MD as a test aircraft with VX-20,and yes the VC-25 do show up from time to time i have loged them 40 times as quite a few military aircraft do,you just have to know where to look!