Explores the history and usage of aircraft to transport the president, especially Air Force One, the planes which have been a symbol of the United States for fifty years.
Examines the history of Air Force One, presidents who used air travel beginning with Franklin Roosevelt, who was the first president to fly while in office, and the various aircraft designed for the Commander-in-Chief.
Full-color and archival photographs show how airliners have been used by U.S. presidents in the second half of the twentieth century, and explains how the presidency itself has been affected by the events and advances of the 1900s.
