Donald J. Trump
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And what you're looking at right here is one of the hardest aircraft to bring aboard.
I know a lot of E-2 guys, and it's pretty sporty.
Oh, man.
Well, there was turbine buildup, Steve.
That was the thing.
Until they put the new blades and new fade-ups on it, it was a little lag time.
Talk to us about that as we watch this come in.
What do you mean by that?
Tell the audience.
Well, these are turbo fans or jet engines with, you know, props on the end.
And so these are new engines and new blade arrangements.
They used to be four-bladed, so it didn't take as much air as this did.
You can see that.
It's a magnificent airplane, by the way.
But they're going to go to full power, and there was always that little wind-up time that they hated right there.
That's a touch and go right there.
Yeah, so they'll spool up as they come in the land.
And there was always that second or two that the pilots would tell you.
It was just like, come on, baby, let's keep going.
Let's go.