Va. company restoring former Air Force One aircraft

By The Associated Press
March 24, 2016 | 12:10 PM

BRIDGEWATER, Va. (AP) — A Virginia company is restoring the first presidential aircraft to be called Air Force One.

WVIR-TV (http://bit.ly/1pJMdiv ) reports that the Dynamic Aviation Group is working on recreating the interior of the aircraft to resemble what it looked like when President Dwight Eisenhower flew in it.

Dynamic Aviation Group founder Karl Stoltzfus says the group wants to use the aircraft as a teaching device to help young people understand American history.

The aircraft, called Columbine II, flew from Arizona to Bridgewater, Virginia, on Wednesday. Lockie Christler, captain of aircraft, says the plane has been performing well thus far.

The aircraft was built in 1948. Dynamic Aviation Group expects the restoration project to take several years.

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Information from: WVIR-TV, http://www.nbc29.com/

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By Heather Gustafson
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This story is part of WTOP’s 2026 Back to School coverage. The wheels on the bus will soon be going round and round again in Fairfax County, Virginia, and some of its young riders are learning what to do if there’s an emergency on the way to school. The annual Safety Patrol Training Camp, hosted by Fairfax County Public Schools' Office of Transportation Services, combined hands-on exercises with classroom lessons to teach students how to keep calm during emergencies on buses. The training can feel remarkably realistic, with overturned school buses on their side or completely upside down in the middle of the county bus depot. Other buses, right side up, fill with smoke that is water-based but mimics the intensity of a bus overheating.

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