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This book backs up what you are saying (in part): https://books.google.com/books?id=qtCRa7bCz3oC&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&dq=Lyndon+johnson+temperature+control+air+for

by larrys 12y ago

This book backs up what you are saying (in part): https://books.google.com/books?id=qtCRa7bCz3oC&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&dq=Lyndon+johnson+temperature+control+air+force+one&source=bl&ots=WjUdxXRzPl&sig=_134_e5Xcd4Cq1ddSLTHFpGednk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=iSr2VOiYLNeUsQTKi4CQBw&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Lyndon%20johnson%20temperature%20control%20air%20force%20one&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=qtCRa7bCz3oC&pg=PA13&lpg=P... However as another commenter pointed out the "phony" switch worked. Plus according the the above book not only did the crewman adjust the temperature when he saw the light flash, but Johnson felt the temperature was adjusted. The idea here is not whether or not Johnson understood the technology. But I find it hard to believe that a man who is vice President of the United States is so easily duped. He asked for a switch to adjust temperature and he got a switch that could adjust temperature. Despite the fact that "one of our volunteers was the plane's crew chief" do you think that it's at all possible that the story was somewhat embellished for effect? (Not saying it was but we are not talking about sworn court testimony when someone relates something that happened many years prior, right?)

lotharbot 12y ago
> "I find it hard to believe that a man who is vice President of the United States is so easily duped" You don't think highly-ranked Air Force officials can pull off a deceptive trick like this? They couldn't give the VP a switch, lie to him about what it did, and then manually mimic what he was trying to do but to a lesser degree? (They would also sometimes start with a large effect and then slowly return the temperature to normal.) > "do you think that it's at all possible that the story was somewhat embellished" We had multiple sources for this particular story.

by larrys 12y ago

lotharbot 12y ago

> "I find it hard to believe that a man who is vice President of the United States is so easily duped" You don't think highly-ranked Air Force officials can pull off a deceptive trick like this? They couldn't give the VP a switch, lie to him about what it did, and then manually mimic what he was trying to do but to a lesser degree? (They would also sometimes start with a large effect and then slowly return the temperature to normal.) > "do you think that it's at all possible that the story was somewhat embellished" We had multiple sources for this particular story.