How Air Force One Works

Air Force One is gigantic, but how does it work? This is one of our editors' favorite episodes, and it's no surprise why: Listen in for a brief, detailed look at the interior of Air Force One.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to brain Stuff from house stuff works dot com
where smart happens. Hi, I'm Marshall Brain. Air Force one
is gigantic, over two hundred feet long, with three levels inside.
As you walk through the main door, you're standing in

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a small foyer area on the middle deck. To your left,
toward the nose of the plane is the presidential suite.
There is a spacious office for the president, a surprising
medical room, a private bathroom, and a bedroom. The medical
room can handle nearly any emergency and includes a complete pharmacy,
X ray equipment, emergency equipment, and even an operating table.

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To your right, the plane looks like an office suite.
You walk down a hallway past the galley on your left.
It conserve a hundred people at a time. Just past
the galley is a large conference room that can comfortably
accommodate twenty people. Past the French room is a workroom,
and beyond that is the rear seating area. It has
rows of seats like you would find in the first

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class cabin of a commercial jet. The upper deck is
smaller and contains the airplane's cockpit, a second galley and
lounge area, and a communication room filled with equipment and computers.
This room makes it possible for the President to talk
to anyone in the world and to communicate securely with
the Pentagon. For more on this and thousands of other topics,

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