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Aerlinguscargo From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 70 posts, RR: 0
Posted (5 years 1 month 1 week 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 1493 times:

does the VC-25 have the ability to accept ULDs on the lowed deck? any info would be greatly appreciated.

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Venus6971 From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 1367 posts, RR: 1
Reply 1, posted (5 years 1 month 1 week 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 1432 times:

What is a ULD? I am from the military world and used to acronyms but do not know this one. I am guessing correct ? if you talking about the huge baggage containers that go into the lobes no the VC-25 does not use them.

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Stitch From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 22948 posts, RR: 78
Reply 2, posted (5 years 1 month 1 week 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 1425 times:

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Quoting Venus6971 (Reply 1):
What is a ULD?

Unit Load Device. The cargo containers seen at airports being loaded into the belly of widebody commercial airliners.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_Load_Device

I imagine the VC-25A can take LD1 and LD3 containers as it would probably be the easiest way to load the baggage of the First Family, staff and the press.

Boeing Nut From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 3, posted (5 years 1 month 1 week 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 1374 times:

I can't ever remember seeing documentation of ULD's being used on the VC-25's. I could be wrong, but I think a majority of the aircrafts lower cargo area contains other components. I'd bet that anything that is loaded on the lower deck is in bulk form.

Vzlet From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 803 posts, RR: 0
Reply 4, posted (5 years 1 month 1 week 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 1336 times:

For what it's worth, here are diagrams of the lower deck areas:

Big version: Width: 458 Height: 456 File size: 58kb

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DL021 From United States of America, joined May 2004, 11346 posts, RR: 89
Reply 5, posted (5 years 1 month 1 week 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 1299 times:

I would say that the loading of ULD's would be hampered by the emergency ejection pod and the parachute bay.....

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ZANL188 From United States of America, joined Oct 2006, 2864 posts, RR: 0
Reply 6, posted (5 years 1 month 1 week 4 days 21 hours ago) and read 1265 times:

Quoting Aerlinguscargo (Thread starter):
does the VC-25 have the ability to accept ULDs on the lowed deck?

No. There is a self contained belt loader in the rear door for any items that need to be stowed in the hold.

Quoting Stitch (Reply 2):
I imagine the VC-25A can take LD1 and LD3 containers as it would probably be the easiest way to load the baggage of the First Family, staff and the press.

There is no capability whatsoever for this aircraft to handle containers or pallets.

Quoting DL021 (Reply 5):
I would say that the loading of ULD's would be hampered by the emergency ejection pod and the parachute bay.....

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ZANL188 From United States of America, joined Oct 2006, 2864 posts, RR: 0
Reply 7, posted (5 years 1 month 1 week 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 1254 times:

Quoting Vzlet (Reply 4):
For what it's worth, here are diagrams of the lower deck areas:

Where the heck did you find a -9 for the VC-25? Very curious please e-mail me... Smile

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Vzlet From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 803 posts, RR: 0
Reply 8, posted (5 years 1 month 1 week 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 1160 times:

Quoting ZANL188 (Reply 7):
Where the heck did you find a -9 for the VC-25? Very curious please e-mail me...

It's not as difficult as one might think -- just Google it! The 1 Feb 2006 version contains these statements:

DISCLOSURE STATEMENT: This Technical Order (TO) is a Security Assistance Technical Order Data System (SATODS) used for the management of TOs. It is used by foreign governments or international organizations and is cleared to share this information with the general global public.

DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.

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ZANL188 From United States of America, joined Oct 2006, 2864 posts, RR: 0
Reply 9, posted (5 years 1 month 1 week 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 1055 times:

Quoting Vzlet (Reply 8):
It's not as difficult as one might think -- just Google it! The 1 Feb 2006 version contains these statements:

I did that. Very interesting not what thought it was but very cool.

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