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Friday, April 21, 2006

The 'Tagging' of Air Force One

Below is a video that was released on Tuesday 041806 on www.stillfree.com


The video purported to be Marc Ecko tagging Air Force One.





From the Coast to Coast AM website -
In a unique statement about freedom of speech, fashion designer Marc Ecko claimed to have spray painted the words "Still Free" on one of the engines of Air Force One. In a video posted at his website, StillFree.com, Ecko and accomplices can be seen circumventing airport security, climbing over a barbed wire fence, and purportedly tagging the president's aircraft. Ecko later admitted that it was all an elaborate hoax. Check out the video yourself to see if it would have fooled you.



  • There are a number of web entries on this. You can view them here -
    Snopes.com
  • Flight Global
    Many readers spotted the lack of antennas on top of the aircraft in the film, which most readers conceded is a real airframe. The one used has only two standard VHF antennas, compared to the array of aerials on the presidential transport. “If you compare some photos of the two VC-25As and compare the antenna layout along the top of the fuselage aft of the upper deck, there are a significant number missing in the video,” says one such reader.
  • Yahoo News
    After the video began circulating on the Web on Tuesday, the Air Force checked to see whether the plane had been vandalized.
    "We're looking at it, too," said Lt. Col. Bruce Alexander, a spokesman for the Air Mobility Command's 89th Airlift Wing, which operates Air Force One. "It looks very real."
    Alexander later confirmed that no such spray-painting had occurred.
    Ecko acknowledged Friday that his company had rented a 747 cargo jet at San Bernardino's airport and covertly painted one side to look like Air Force One. Employees signed secrecy agreements and worked inside a giant hangar until the night the video was made. Ecko declined to say how much the stunt cost.
    "It's not cheap," he said. "You have to be rich."

posted by Glenn H at 4/21/2006 02:40:00 PM
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