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Re: Blair Force One (x 2)
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Originally Posted by Millay
The queens fleet is on its last legs..
If TB or other official were to die in an crash whilst in an ageing queens flight aircraft ewveryone would be up in arms that we should have updated these years ago... rather do it now not waiting till they fall out the sky.
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I beg to differ 
"On 1 April 1995 The Queen's Flight was absorbed into No.32 (The Royal) Squadron at Royal Air Force Northolt. In 1998 the unit gave up the task of providing helicopters for the Royal Family when the Wessex were retired. The Royal Household awarded a ten year contract to Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation and Hanson Helicopters to provide the Queen with an S-76 and crew.
No.32 (The Royal) Squadron retained two BAe 146 aircraft for fixed wing operations."
http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/london/e...ngs_queens.cfm
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The Royal Family and government ministers do not use No. 32 Squadron's planes exclusively, with both the Queen and Tony Blair recently using chartered British Airways jets, primarily for intercontinental travel.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._32_Squadron_RAF
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