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The numeral in the plane’s call sign is exclusive, monopolistic, not the inception of a series it brags of being one of a kind, rather than a first among equals. Like the country whose head of state it carries, Air Force One is exceptional – and exceptions are always made for it by air-traffic controllers, who suspend other operations to give it instant clearance. For extra effect, Lyndon Johnson installed a hydraulic “king chair” on board his Air Force One, which enabled him to hover in midair as he harangued the congressmen he invited into his cabin. Air Force One is a triumphal chariot, a steroid-boosted equivalent to the golden coaches and slow-motion Bentleys in which the Queen sedately trundles along. A Freudian slip, surely – republics should be unmajestic and the USA was meant to be the paradise of the common man – but not inaccurate. The first President Bush, who took delivery of the current double-decker Air Force One to replace the humbler 707 he inherited from Ronald Reagan, remarked that it embodies America’s “majesty”. Soaring aloft, he exchanges a beast for a bird: Air Force One is America with wings, a mechanised version of the beaked, pinioned eagle – a predator that clutches in its claws twin bundles of peacemaking olive branches and spiky, militarised arrows – that appears on the country’s Great Seal.īarack Obama speaks after touching down in Tel Aviv – his first visit to Israel, 20 March 2013. On the ground, the president travels in a black Cadillac nicknamed “the Beast”, ready to repel assailants with rocket-propelled grenades, pump-action shotguns and tear-gas cannon. Even if we don’t accept American superiority, we bow down before American immensity: the customised 747 currently in use is as tall as a six-storey building and as long as a football field. Equipped with surveillance systems that eavesdrop on the lowly world it overflies, allegedly able to fire missiles and to withstand a nuclear blast, Air Force One is evidence of dominance. But when the US acquired global power after 1945, the president took to the air, travelling in a plane that has come to represent the ubiquity and intimidating might of this ultimate empire. So long as the doctrine of American isolation prevailed, the presidency was a desk job, tethered to Washington DC. More than a means of transport, Air Force One is a propaganda tool, and its effectiveness depends on the implied presence of a deity. Or could the plane be mimicking the athletic mystique of the shoe? On its white, shiny fuselage, the proud slogan UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is underlined by a blue stripe, a counterpart to the Nike flash, which pays streamlined homage to the Greek goddess of victory. And the offset is progressive.Take the case of Air Force One, the American presidential plane – not to be confused with Air Force 1, which is a Nike trainer, mock-heroically named to ally it with the vertical lift of a jet during takeoff. T he top line gets thinner ass the set moves toward thee short irons. The sole width transitions throughout the set so each club produces desired playability and easy launch angles. The lofts are standard for modern-day irons: #4-21° #7-311° PW-45°. "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn’t have believed it," states Kvinge. In side-by-side testing against industry-leading irons, the Air Force One – Air Foil consistently hit thee ball 10 yards farther with long-iron shots.
A mid kick point is used in the middle irons to promote both distance and accuracy, while the short irons utilize a high kick point for dead-on accuracy. In the long irons thee kick point is low to promote higher trajectory. The shafts also have variable kick points. To maximize club-head speed, PowerBilt is using a proprietary Apollo steel shaft which weighs only 85 grams – much lighter than a conventional steel shaft and slightly more than graphite. So you not only get more distance, you get better accuracy, too." Kvinge points out that the technology goes beyond nitrogen. The result is longer shots with more consistent spin rates no matter where you hit the ball on the face. "By filling the iron head with nitrogen gas, we’ve been able to thin the face and create a much bigger sweet spot. "There is a way to imp rove distance in irons, and we’ve figured it out," adds Kvinge. And they are "ballistic" says Ross Kvvinge, president of PowerBilt. Now, PowerBilt is introducing nitrogen-charged irons. They thought it was just another golf gimmick, until they tried it. Skeptics scoffed last year when PowerBilt introduced the Air Forcce One: drivers, fairway woods and hybrids with club heads filled with nitrogen gas. PowerBilt is turning doubters into believers. PowerBilt Air Force One Hollow N7 Nitrogen Charged Irons
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