I want to tell you a story about aviation and vice presidential picks.
Aviation holds no secrets. In 2004, a worker spotted a Kerry-Edwards decal being affixed to the Kerry Campaign 757 inside paint hangar the day before the John Edwards announcement.
In 2008, I spotted a Netjets flight plan flying between Chicago-Midway to Wilmington, DE. The plane was carrying the Obama Campaign’s advance team the day prior to Joe Biden being announced as Obama’s VP pick. web.archive.org/web/2013040621…
N863QS, a Hawker 800, flew on to Scranton, PA the next day where Biden was born and then on to Denver for the Democratic National Convention. web.archive.org/web/2013040621…
In 2012, I spotted Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan looking to cover his tracks on the way to the Norfolk, VA announcement rally with Mitt Romney. He crossed with his family into Illinois for a private jet flight to Elizabeth City, N.C. and drove to nearby VA.
2016 was weird. Because 2016.
In 2020, who knows if flying will spill the secret Joe Biden's running mate, but just remember, there’s always an aviation angle.
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