The era of presidential aviation began on October 11th, 1910 when former President Theodore Roosevelt took to the skies and a Wright brothers flyer at a county fair in St. Louis.

The flight only lasted a few minutes.

Fast forward a hundred to ten years, and the President of the United States has one of the sweetest rides on the planet.

Learn more about Air Force One, the airplanes which have served the Presidents,

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As I mentioned in the introduction, the first U.S. President of any sort to fly in an airplane was Theodore Roosevelt.

It was a rather short flight, as airplanes at the time didn't have a very long range, and it was probably

one of the more dangerous flights ever attempted by a president, sitting, or former.

However, after this short sightseeing flight,

U.S. President didn't do any flying.

It would be another 33 years before an actual sitting U.S. President

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