Did President and Mrs. Obama take Marine One to get to New York for their date?
Mid-afternoon the President, tie-less in a stunning black suit escorted the first lady to Marine One on South Lawn, while Sasha, the youngest daughter watched and waved from the upper balcony. Michelle Obama wore a sleeveless, body-fitting, knee length, black cocktail dress and black heels that almost stuck in the South lawn sod. The President took her hand as they continued to the waiting chopper. A White House press spokesperson tells us the President had explained the visit, “I am taking my wife to New York City because I promised her during the campaign that I would take her to a Broadway show after it was all finished.” The couple did not take the large 747 to New York, but flew a much smaller C-20 (G3). The press pool flew in a separate plane, identified by the military as a G5, followed by a staff in a third plane (G3). White House staff said the smaller planes were more fuel efficient. AF-1 landed at Kennedy Airport. Marine One flew them over the Brooklyn Bridge to Lower Manhat
