Trump Force One doing circles over West Virginia after visiting Iowa State Fair. Any idea why?
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If you watch the overall air traffic, it appears lots of planes follow that same flight track through WV/VA into Baltimore (other than the diversion loops).
My guess is air traffic was getting a bit congested, and they wanted to maintain spacing between aircraft for security, so they did some laps while the other traffic cleared.
Just a guess though.
Sounds like a good guess to me. Thanks!
Here is the low down from Langley Flying School of all places.
Very good info, thanks!!
Good guess. The original flight does not appear for me (live flight not found) but what you have just described is called a holding pattern.
Certainly plausible. That kind of thing has happened to me on a flight or two. Air traffic congestion, or not enough ground personnel at the gate to handle the arrival. Have to wait aloft for the second-stringers to get called in.
I've never seen his plane do laps like this before. I find it rather interesting.
Looks like TF1 is back on original heading now after three laps.
After getting back on track, they swing by Washington DC. Why not!!
Permission to dump the bilge tanks?
Permission granted! :-)
Touchdown at Newark, NJ. heading back to Bedminster, NJ. Thank you President Trump!!!
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Big loops over Tazewell, VA @ 37000 ft. No idea why.
Unsure....is there a rally tonight? Shouldn't be headed back to FL?
RSBN said he was headed back to Bedminster, NJ. He was headed in that general direction, then took a big right turn over southern WV.
Nobody wants to be in FL right now with this disgusting heat wave,err I mean summer we are having.
Lol. If we knew why, we wouldn't be able to say.
That is just a standard holding pattern. Looks like he's waiting for clearance to continue on his flight plan. It's an extremely common directive from ATC. Perhaps he changed something enroute and needed to wait for a new clearance? In any case, zero reason to suspect anything out of the ordinary.
I was thinking it might be something like this. I just haven't seen Trumps plane have to do it. Thanks!
The plane made a Q
I wonder if TF1 is spoofing flight info... it's coming up as database flag LADD, which limits the publicly-available transponder info:
Looks like they're back on to the destination.
Flying over the Old Stomping Grounds
Giving a thumbs-up to Oliver Anthony for his battle cry song?
Probably just doing a banked turn. It's easier to throw traitors out the door and maintain your footing.