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Bush Jr. did not attend. He was on an aircraft flying to Texas. This is memorable because the FAA had to modify software to support the callsign of an aircraft
by souprock 6y ago
Bush Jr. did not attend.
He was on an aircraft flying to Texas. This is memorable because the FAA had to modify software to support the callsign of an aircraft changing during flight, in this case from Air Force One to something else.
- adwi 6y agoDo you have a source for this? Wikipedia says he did, even more curious about changing the call sign story: > Outgoing President George W. Bush, outgoing Vice President Dick Cheney, former presidents Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, and Bill Clinton, and former vice presidents Walter Mondale, Dan Quayle, and Al Gore, along with their respective wives, attended the inauguration... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Barack_Obama https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Barack...
- dragonwriter 6y agoHuh. Strange that DoD has a photo of President and Mrs. Bush leaving the inauguration with President and Mrs. Obama, if President Bush wasn't there. https://www.defense.gov/observe/photo-gallery/igphoto/2001151792/ https://www.defense.gov/observe/photo-gallery/igphoto/200115...