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To: lurqer who wrote (32187)	12/3/2003 10:49:42 AM
From: lurqer	Respond to of 89467

Now it's the London control tower, but still no independent verification. Starting to remind one of "Mission Accomplished". Initially, according to accounts by journalists on the trip, White House Communications Director Dan Bartlett said the British pilot had radioed, "'Did I just see Air Force One?'" and that the pilot of Air Force One had replied, "'Gulfstream Five,'" a much smaller aircraft. Yesterday, after British Airways had denied that account, the White House said the radio conversation actually took place between the British pilot and the control tower in London. The tower's response was apparently based on false flight plan information given to protect the secrecy of the trip. ... A British Airways spokesman told The Associated Press that none of its pilots has come forward to acknowledge either making or overhearing the purported conversation. from newsday.com JMO lurqer