April D. Ryan

Fabric of America

Archive for February 6th, 2009

NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia (AFP) - Barack Obama on Thursday took his debut flight as president on his new “spiffy ride” — the iconic blue and white Boeing 747 which serves as Air Force One.    Obama also took his first trip aboard “Marine One,” the famous green helicopter which ferries the president around on shorter trips — this time from the White House to Andrews air force base outside Washington.