Air Force One-Marine One: Two Docs On NatGeo Discovery

There is a little footage from President Obama’s first flight included. It seemed like he too was overwhelmed by the service. There’s nothing in the real world that even comes close or could prepare you.

746px-Air_Force_One_over_Mt__Rushmore-w250-h250.jpgI just watched the National Geographic Discovery Channel docs on Air Force One and Marine One. The former was much better than the latter. They were both enjoyable.

I am astounded by the scope and size of the presidential flying fleet. I felt uncomfortable seeing the Patrician service on-board Air Force One. At some point, even for POTUS, it can go over the top.

There is a little footage from President Obama’s first flight included. It seemed like he too was overwhelmed by the service. There’s nothing in the real world that even comes close or could prepare you.

The Marine One doc was less compelling because the mission is less compelling. The writer tried to add a touch of reality TV by making a story line of one wannabe pilot’s pursuit of the job. I suspect by the time he was chosen to train, he was chosen. You know what I mean?

If Air Force One is the show, Marine One is the Franklin Shuttle.

I am left pondering whether the president really has to live this lifestyle? I’m not saying the President of the United States isn’t the most powerful person in the world. It’s just what I saw just doesn’t seem appropriate in a nation where the leader is freely elected from the people.

We don’t have royalty here. We don’t need royal treatment.

3 thoughts on “Air Force One-Marine One: Two Docs On NatGeo Discovery

  1. I believe these were on the National Geographic channel not Discovery…

    And speaking of helicoptors, what happened to Chopper 8 & Captain Dan?? Were these the cuts you were referring to a couple of weeks back?

    (Marty is correct and I have corrected the site-Geoff)

  2. We also watched the Air Force One documentary. The “royal” treatment given to the president didn’t bother me — and I expect that the president is treated this way everywhere he (or she, one day soon) goes. In fact, I bet that the military environment aboard Air Force One somewhat tempers the fawning, and that it is more extreme at the White House itself.

    But quite nearly ruined the documentary for me was the presence of our immediate past president, George W. I suspect, too, that it was George W.’s smirking sense of entitlement that made the royal treatment he received seem especially undemocratic and inappropriate.

    Too bad they didn’t wait til Jan. 2o, 2009, to make the film.

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