大統領専用機「エアフォースワン」が欲しいと思ったことはないだろうか？ 今なら米連邦政府一般調達局（General Services Administration：GSA)が運営するオークションサイト「GSA Auctions」で、購入が可能だ！
正確にいえば、大統領専用機が「エアフォースワン」と公式に呼ばれるためには、大統領がそれに乗っている必要がある[Air Force Oneとは、大統領が搭乗した際に米空軍機が使用するコールサイン]。GSA Auctionsによるとこのジェット機は、「もともとは副大統領専用機『エアフォースツー』だったもので、『エアフォースワン』としても使われた可能性もある」という。
競売開始価格は5万ドル。[競売ページによると、競売開始は米国中部標準時で5月15日午前11時。機体はDC-9-32。DC-9は、1965年にダグラス社が初飛行させた双発の小型ジェット旅客機。ダグラス社がマクドネル社、その後ボーイング社と合併を行ったことにより、後継機はMD-80などいろいろな名前をもつことになった。現在エアフォースワンとして利用されているのは、「ボーイング747」を改造した専用機 (VC-25) ]
競売中である「エアフォースワン」の内部を、以下のスライドショーで紹介しよう。
[US版で2013年5月9日に掲載した記事を翻訳しました]
[Paige Lavender 日本語版：ガリレオ]
Former Air Force One Plane For Sale
Former Air Force One Plane For Sale(01 of09)
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Former Air Force One Plane For Sale(02 of09)
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Former Air Force One Plane For Sale(03 of09)
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Former Air Force One Plane For Sale(04 of09)
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Former Air Force One Plane For Sale(05 of09)
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Former Air Force One Plane For Sale(06 of09)
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Former Air Force One Plane For Sale(07 of09)
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Former Air Force One Plane For Sale(08 of09)
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Former Air Force One Plane For Sale(09 of09)
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Two-Term Presidents
George Washington (1789-97)(01 of21)
1st President of the United States (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)\n (credit:Getty File)
Thomas Jefferson (1801-09)(02 of21)
3rd President of the United States (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)\n (credit:Getty File)
James Madison (1809-17)(03 of21)
4th President of the United States (Photo by National Archive/Newsmakers)\n
James Monroe (1817-25)(04 of21)
5th President of the United States (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)\n (credit:Getty File)
Andrew Jackson (1829-37)(05 of21)
7th President of the United States (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)\n (credit:Getty File)
Abraham Lincoln (1861-65) (06 of21)
16th President of the United States -- Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865, after being inaugurated second term. (Photo by Alexander Gardner/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)\n\nCorrection: A previous version of this text misstated the amount of time Lincoln had served during his second term before his assassination.\n (credit:Getty File )
Ulysses S. Grant (1869-77)(07 of21)
18th President of the United States (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)\n (credit:Getty File)
Grover Cleveland (1885-89, 1893-97)(08 of21)
22nd and 24th President of the United States (Photo by National Archive/Newsmakers)\n (credit:Getty File)
William McKinley (1897-1901)(09 of21)
25th President of the United States -- McKinley was elected to a second term, but it came to a tragic end when he was assassinated in September 1901. (Courtesy of the National Archives/Newsmakers)\n (credit:Getty File)
Theodore Roosevelt (1901-09)(10 of21)
26th President of the United States -- After McKinley\'s assassination, Roosevelt completed that term and was then elected to his own term. (Photo by George C. Beresford/Beresford/Getty Images)\n\n (credit:Getty File )
Woodrow Wilson (1913-21)(11 of21)
28th President of the United States (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)\n (credit:Getty File)
Calvin Coolidge (1923-29)(12 of21)
30th President of the United States -- After President Warren G. Harding died of a heart attack in August 1923, Coolidge completed that term and then earned a term of his own. (Photo by National Archive/Newsmakers)\n (credit:Getty File )
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-45)(13 of21)
32nd President of the United States (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)\n (credit:Getty File)
Harry Truman (1945-53) (14 of21)
33rd President of the United States -- after FDR died in April 1945 of a cerebral hemorrage, Truman completed that term, and was then elected to an additional term. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)\n\n (credit:Getty File)
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-61)(15 of21)
34th President of the United States (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)\n (credit:Getty File)
Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-69)(16 of21)
36th President of the United States -- after John F. Kennedy\'s assassination on Nov. 22, 1963, then-vice president Johnson took over. He completed Kennedy\'s term and was then elected to one term of his own. (AFP/Getty Images)\n (credit:Getty File)
Richard Nixon (1969-74)(17 of21)
37th President of the United States -- Nixon was elected to a second term, but resigned in August 1974 over the Watergate scandal. (AFP/Getty Images)\n\nCorrection: A previous version of this slide incorrectly listed Nixon as the 25th President of the United States.\n (credit:Getty File )
Ronald Reagan (1981-89)(18 of21)
40th President of the United States (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)\n (credit:Getty File)
Bill Clinton (1993-2001)(19 of21)
42nd President of the United States (LUKE FRAZZA/AFP/Getty Images)\n (credit:Getty)
George W. Bush (2001-09) (20 of21)
43rd President of the United States (SCOTT OLSON/AFP/Getty Images)\n (credit:Getty File)
Barack Obama (2009-Present)(21 of21)
44th President of the United States (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)\n (credit:Getty)