AIR FORCE ONE BEGINS FINAL TRIP TODAY.Byline: Jamie McClintock Staff Writer Former President Reagan's mothballed Air Force One is scheduled to be moved June 20 from San Bernardino San Bernardino, city, United States San Bernardino (săn bûr'nədē`nō), city (1990 pop. 164,164), seat of San Bernardino co., S Calif., at the foot of the San Bernardino Mts.; inc. 1854. to his presidential library in Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. amid tight security because of fears of potential terrorism, officials said Wednesday. The Boeing 707, currently housed in a hanger at San Bernardino International Airport San Bernardino International Airport (IATA: SBD, ICAO: KSBD, FAA LID: SBD) is a public airport located two miles (3 km) southeast of the central business district (CBD) of San Bernardino, in San Bernardino County, California, USA. , will be escorted by the California Highway Patrol on an eight-hour trek along several Southern California freeways  The of this article or section may be compromised by "peacock terms".You can help Wikipedia by removing peacock terms. . Caltrans spokeswoman Deborah Harris said a Norco trucking company had received permits to transport two smaller pieces of the jet to Simi Valley today. The bulk of the retired presidential aircraft, including its fuselage and wings, are scheduled to be transported June 20 by Coast Machinery Movers, officials said. The wings will be transported by trailer, and a specially built transport vehicle will move the fuselage. The plane will be transported along the San Bernardino Freeway The San Bernardino Freeway is the assigned name of an approximately 60-mile (95 km) long segment of Interstate 10 (I-10) between the cities of Los Angeles, California and San Bernardino, California. to Interstate 15, then west along the Foothill Freeway from La Verne through Pasadena and finally west along the Ronald Reagan Freeway. The entire reassembled aircraft, which has carried every president since Richard Nixon, will become a permanent exhibit in 2004, said Mark Burson, executive director of the Simi Valley-based Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation. Jamie McClintock, (626) 982-8811, Ext. 2703 jamie.mcclintock(at)sgvn.com |
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