Trump Force One crew reveals what it's like to operate the president's iconic Boeing 757

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The 2nd play of Fox Nation's "Art of the Surge" gives viewers an exclusive behind-the-scenes look into Trump Force One, the signature Boeing 757-200 that carried the now-47th president from constituent A to constituent B during his high-stakes 2024 campaign.

From the gleaming golden "TRUMP" lettering and dual engines to the American emblem connected its process fin, the aircraft's exterior makes a bold statement. Its fuselage – achromatic connected bottom, navy connected top, with the 2 colors divided by a reddish stripe — completes its unmistakably patriotic design. 

Episode four of the "Art of the Surge's" caller play drops successful connected the aircraft's crew, who stock with viewers what it's similar to run 1 of the astir easy recognizable planes successful the world.

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President Trump's backstage  plane, Trump Force One

Trump Force One leaves LaGuardia Airport connected April 04, 2023. (James Devaney/GC Images)

"We bash flybys with it. The assemblage loves it," Captain Hank Foley, who pilots the plane, said portion seated successful the cockpit. "It's astir apt the lone 757 successful the full satellite that does flybys." 

A flyby – a deliberately debased altitude walk implicit a assemblage – is much communal among subject oregon high-performance aircraft. 

But connected Foley's archetypal time connected the job, Trump requested one.

"It went great. I came out, helium gave maine the thumbs up," Foley recalled. 

"He goes, 'You're connected the news, Captain.'"

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Trump seated connected  Trump Force One with allies

Walt Nauta, assistance to Trump, left, and Chris LaCivita, center, perceive arsenic Trump speaks with reporters and unit connected his airplane, known arsenic Trump Force One, arsenic helium is flown to Iowa connected Monday, March 13, 2023, successful West Palm Beach, FL (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

Foley said that the level typically cruises astatine an altitude of astir 41,000 feet, flying astatine astir 500 miles per hour. With a tailwind, that fig jumps betwixt 600 and 700.

Also featured successful the occurrence is formation attendant Deborah Spillari, who does her champion to marque definite everything onboard remains successful moving order. 

From getting meals unneurotic for guests to changing the TV transmission to suit Trump's tastes, she keeps the acquisition seamless.

"[Everything] does person to beryllium perfect. No different way," she said portion wiping down a information of the interior and past showing disconnected a impermanent room. 

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"[This is wherever radical have] meetings," Spillari shared. "It's wherever radical travel and marque backstage telephone calls."

The occurrence follows the level connected a travel to Greenland, a federation seen arsenic a strategical concern connected Trump's radar. 

The Fox Nation series — which was renewed for a 2nd play — documents the president's combat to instrumentality to the White House, implicit with his iconic McDonald's campaign stop, his Madison Square Garden rally, podcast stop-ins and his trips to different high-profile events that garnered media attention.

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Taylor Penley is an subordinate exertion with Fox News.

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