Inflight's model of 86970
Product number #IF137USAF0518P VC-137B
The current Air Force One livery looks the way it does because President John F Kennedy sat on the floor of the Oval Office with an industrial designer Raymond Loewy with, scissors, paper and crayons or so this is what I have found out so far. I have managed to find one of the original drawings too.
It was May 1962, and the Air Force had already ordered a Boeing C-137 Stratoliner for the president. The airplane could fly anywhere in the world on half-hour notice. It carried as many as eight crew members and 40 passengers, and had a range of 6,000 miles. The Air Force had designed a red-and-fold color scheme for the plane, a modified long-range Boeing 707. Raymond Loewy owned the largest design firm in New York. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, with her sense of style, lobbied the president to hire the French-born Mr Loewy and he met with the president twice. The first time the two met, he and Kennedy sat on the floor of the Oval office drawing with crayons on paper cutting & pasting and coming up with with a livery for the new Air Force One that was to be delivered soon.Then Loewy visited the National Archives to examine historic documents. He was struck by the first printed copy of the Declaration of Independence; it had the new country's name set widely spaced in capital letters in a typeface known as Caslon font. This was also applied to the the titles "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA". The redish or orange dayglo was dropped as it was considered too aggressive, while the rest of the livery was kept for the two future specially modified first VC - 137C's Presidential transports SAM 62-6000 (delivered October 1962) & followed 10years later by 72-7000, remains still the same livery today on the USAF's VC-25A's
A sample drawing artwork that was very closely applied to , but not completely as you can see to 58-6970. A full size mock up experiment trial paint scheme. A calibration of JFK's and Mr Loewy's interpretation of this concept.
Last edited by Aussiejets; 08-09-2019 at 11:42 PM.
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Pretty information we got from you Steve . Please send us more pics of your VC153 B !
Sure Denis no problem
Inflight's VC-137C 26000 and VC-137B 86970
Aero Classics made a VC-135 on their 720 mould it's the first top left behind the MATS. It sure doesn't really make the cut for a VC-135 it's too small
inflight's VC-135B and Areo classics 720 passing it off as a VC-135B same tail number of the same aircraft.
Last edited by Aussiejets; 08-10-2019 at 07:30 AM.
Steve thanks to show us all the details this fine 707-120B has . That said I wish all the IF 200 707s could be framed as this one . I am tempted to buy it since I saw your pictures .
Very nice air force collection, beautiful liveries!
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Thank you everyone. I hope you enjoyed a little of the history along the way as well as the photo's.
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Originally Posted by Yustas
Hé Steve , do you plan to acquire the «*all white one*» ?
Yes Denis IF1370118P 58-6972 (tail 86972) and is part of the three first VC-137a's that were upgraded to VC-137b's standard, these aircraft were delivered to the USAF all as VIP aircraft. 86970, 86971 & 86972. It should arrive this week. Pictures coming this weekend hopefully
Last edited by Aussiejets; 08-13-2019 at 04:51 AM.
I thank you for this pics of this model of this 707-153B . I must say I wished this model about 20 years ago ! The model looks pretty fine . Thanks Steve !
Air Force One's experimental livery of 1962
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