Three Separate Flight Crews

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Three separate flight crews rotate to pilot Air Force One on its 22-hour, 10,700-mile return, enabling midair legislative deals, an engagement, a birthday, and Colombia's drug-war recertification. Colonel Weiskopf highlights their role in his PA address before an aborted landing spikes tension. Their rotations sustain operations across West Virginia and Tennessee airspace, providing the unflagging aviation backbone for the President's extended mission.

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Also known as: three separate flight crews

Three Separate …'s Journey

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S4E19 · Angel Maintenance

Cleared — Then Aborted: Wind Shift Forces Go‑Around

Operationally calm and alert — focused on checklist discipline rather than the cabin's emotional tenor.

The flight crews (collectively referenced) receive Andrews Approach's vector and execute the commanded abort: abandoning the descent, rolling a 30° right turn and maintaining altitude while managing aircraft systems and …

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S4E19 · Angel Maintenance

Go-Around — Bartlet's Slam

Focused and procedural; managing instruments and flight path without dramatics despite the operational annoyance.

Referenced as the rotating flight crews who handled the 22-hour flight and who, by implication, execute the aborted descent and subsequent 30-degree right turn per ATC instruction.

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