Mike Pence, United States Vice President arrivingá to Ecuador in a Boeing C-32 when he begins his visit to Quito It is 27 June 2018 within his third tour of Latin Americaérica. Photo thanks to Sam Meyer.
During your tour you startá in Brazil the 26 of June, where to demás from Quito, spaghettién visitá Honduras between 27 and 28 of the same month, the VP of the United States will moveá in the legendary avión Boeing C-32, known as Air Force Two.
Although for security reasons it is unknownún the exact times to landá in Brazil, where alsoéI will go to Manaus before Quito, Ecuador and Honduras, if we can know that the avióWhat to useá is the versionón military of the clásico Boeing 757 of passengers and cargo that we know commercially.
The time of arrival in Ecuador will be knowná very few hours before, but in the meantime it is interesting to know más about this avión, that is very special.
Boeing C-32
As already indicatedó, it's avión is the versionóBoeing military n 757, who is the grandfatherón más used or assigned for the transportation of the Vice President of the United States and his entourage. On some occasions the VP alsoén uses the Boeing VC-25A “Air Force One” what is the versionóBoeing military n 747.
The C-32 born in 1996 once the United States awards the contract to Boeing as the versionón of the extended range B757-200 as a replacement for the Boeing VC-137 (Boeing 707 military) along with the C-37A (Gulfstream V military).
since then, they have been developed 2 versionón, the C-32A, which is the one used by the Vice President with 4 aircraft similar in flight capability and there are 2 airplanesás of the versionón C-32B which do not have a configurationón VIP and have a capacity for 48 passengers.
The C-32A has special capabilities and configurations. This model has a system for refueling in the air and alsoén with additional fuel tanks that allow extending its autonomyíto until 6.000 miles and has blended winglets that increase range and decrease fuel consumption, the record for a Boeing 757.
Thanks to your changes, it's avión is perfect for operating on complex or small tracksñso where the VC-25A will beíto very big and difíeasy to operate.
Externally, the grandfatherón is idéntico al commercial model, but its main characterídifferentiating aesthetics areán inside. Configurationón VIP divided into 4 sections, avióUnique advanced cockpit with TCAS systems, EGEPWS, Windshear predictive system, FMS, Data Link Comms, ADS-B and other components that are highly confidential.
It also countsén with let us knowón and satellite Internet that allow its exclusive passengers to maintain communicationón permanent with ground in case of need for decision making and emergencies.
Due to the age of this birdón, The United States Government has begun studies to find a replacement for this aircraftón with an inverseón of $8 millions of dóhomes.
Characterísticas C-32A
General
- Crewón: until 16 personas themselvesún the cowón
- Capacity: 45 passengers
- Length: 47.32 meters
- Wingspan: 37.99 meters
- Alto: 13.56 meters
- engines: 2 × Pratt & Whitney PW2040 engines, 43,730 lbs (185 kN).
Performance
- Speed máxima: 605 mph (Mach 0.8) (968 km/h)
- Rank: 6.000 miles náuticas without counting possible in-flight refueling
- Ceiling: 42,000 ft
Spaghettién, for the visit of Mike Pence, other USAF planes have arrived in Quito, as a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III and a Boeing C-40 Clipper, surely arriveán más planes with entourages and advanced equipment.
Without a doubt an incredible visitoríble in Ecuador, but what to beá very difficultíeasy to photograph due to the strong security measures normal with this type of visits.
One of the captures taken by Diogo Ricardo del “Air Force Two” landing in Quito:
Así landed yesterday afternoon @VP Mike Pence en #Quito for #VisitUSAEcuador at #Boeing C-32 "Air Force Two". great photo of @Diogo_NMS. Más visit details 👉 https://t.co/SicQgcFtQs pic.twitter.com/VDo7Mj1CPz
— Nicolás Larenas ✈️ (@n_larenas) June 28, 2018
