Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The airplane that will be used by Senator J.D. Vance, the pick to be former President Donald J.
Trump’s running mate in the 2024 presidential election, is a 2002 vintage Boeing 737-800. Vance is the junior senator from Ohio. And in a twist, the operator of his airplane has ties to Ross Perot, the maverick third-party candidate who, in the 1992 presidential election, gained nearly 20% of the popular vote.
According to FlightAware , the aircraft, registration N917XA, is owned by Eastern 737 Asset Holdings, LLC. Flightradar lists it as operated by Eastern Air Express. Former U.
S. President Donald Trump and Republican candidate for U.S.
Senate J.D. Vance greet .
.. [+] supporters during the rally at the Dayton International Airport on November 7, 2022.
The airplane that will fly the now candidate for vice president of the United States has an interesting history. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Getty Images In January, Eastern Air Holdings, Inc. announced it had acquired Hillwood Airways and its fleet of passenger and cargo Boeing 737s.
According to its website, Eastern had been operating widebody Boeing 767s and 777s. A month later, it said it would move its headquarters to Kansas City. At the time, the company said, “While Eastern Airlines is a certified 121 airline authorized to offer scheduled service - domestic and international, the company is focused on business-to-business charter operations, with a particular f.