Nixon was aboard Air Force One when Ford was sworn in as President of the United States, en route from Andrews Air Force Base to California. Check this out:
I've read elsewhere that the plane had to change it's call sign en-route to California. Since his resignation was effective at noon on August 9, the pilot had to have the course and time plotted, and found that the plane was crossing a state line at that time. I was hoping someone could answer that as well, it's the one part of the story I'm not sure of.
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Mahal, you are correct...At the exact moment of Gerald Ford's swearing in, AirForce One became its mormal AF numeric call sign....At that moment, Nixon became an ordinary citizen.... I have never heard of crossing a state line at that moment....
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