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How did Nixon get to the Hornet for Apollo 11?
Posted on 5/12/19 at 10:26 pm
Posted on 5/12/19 at 10:26 pm
Splashdown was about 800 miles from Hawaii. It would have taken about 25-30 hours to get there, and one would expect they were pre-positioned for a bit. Did Tricky Dick go for the whole cruise, or did he fly out for the event?
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Posted on 5/12/19 at 10:29 pm to pensacola
CGI, or Phantom 
Posted on 5/12/19 at 10:34 pm to pensacola
Air Force One to LAX, motorcade to the Culver City soundstage.
Posted on 5/12/19 at 10:42 pm to pensacola
He was probably in California the day before. That’s only about six hours from Hawaii by 707. Then some sort of Navy flight of three hours tops from Hawaii. Ten hours at most. Not that daunting.
Posted on 5/12/19 at 10:44 pm to pensacola
Nixon and staff helicoptered to the USS Arlington in the Pacific on July 23rd, they slept that night on the ship while underway to rendezvous with the Hornet on July 24th which was already in position for the capsule recovery. It is all pretty well documented.
This post was edited on 5/12/19 at 10:48 pm
Posted on 5/12/19 at 10:48 pm to EA6B
Yep. AF 1 from SFO to Johnston Island. Then a one hour helicopter ride to the ship. Travel logs are online.
Posted on 5/12/19 at 10:50 pm to EA6B
^^ good info. Seems a bit strange, but appropriate to have POTUS hanging out at sea during Vietnam and Cold War. Was wondering how long he was out there.
Posted on 5/12/19 at 10:51 pm to pensacola
Story with your answer
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On July 23, the President and his party (which included Secretary of State William Rogers, National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger, Apollo 8 astronaut Colonel Frank Borman, White House Chief of Staff Bob Haldeman, White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler, and two others) flew from Honolulu to Johnston Island aboard Air Force One. There, the entourage transferred to two HMX-1 squadron helicopters and were ferried a couple hundred miles south to the USS Arlington, a Navy major communications relay ship. The presidential helicopters landed on the ship's antenna deck at 5:30pm (ship time) and shortly thereafter, President Nixon spoke to an assemblage of crewmen. He later toured the ship, chatted with many sailors, and had a light dinner before turning in for the night. Photo: President Nixon's arrival onboard the USS Arlington as he walks with CO Captain Hugh Murphree. The group arose early the next morning and flew over to the USS Hornet by HMX-1 helicopter, arriving less than an hour before Columbia splashed down. He watched the recovery operation from the ship's island (superstructure) before descending into hangar bay 2 for the welcome home remarks. Just minutes after that televised ceremony, watched by 500 million people, President Nixon and his group departed the ship and flew back to Johnston Island. They boarded Air Force One and began the next leg of their worldwide tour. All in all, Nixon had been in the recovery area for about 18 hours with just the three most historically-eventful ones on the USS Hornet.
Posted on 5/12/19 at 11:03 pm to AlwaysPutsSeatDown
Very cool. Tricky Dick should have done an arrested landing to bump it up a bit.
Posted on 5/12/19 at 11:03 pm to pensacola
You seem surprised that the United States could plan the logistics of a presidential entourage in the middle of the ocean, on the heels of sending two men to walk on the moon.
Posted on 5/12/19 at 11:11 pm to Smart Post
Yes, exactly. NASA seemed to be on their game, but the government not so much.
Posted on 5/12/19 at 11:59 pm to pensacola
Scotty beamed him aboard....
Posted on 5/13/19 at 2:47 am to pensacola
Nixon and Elvis were aliens.
Posted on 5/13/19 at 5:38 am to pensacola
Because it was all fake and they already knew ahead time where the pretend landing spot would be
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