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DIED. James Swindal, 88, Air Force One pilot who flew John F. Kennedy's body back to Washington after the President's assassination in Dallas; in Cocoa Beach, Fla. Swindal stayed in the cockpit while the new President was sworn in onboard, minutes before takeoff. "I didn't belong to the Lyndon Johnson team," he said. "My President was in that...
...Government formed in the fuselage of Air Force One, yet another ritual that mocked dignity. But it was, perhaps, that magnificent plane that began to reclaim the majesty of the presidency. With the body of Kennedy onboard, the new President invested formally, Colonel James Swindal taxied his plane out on the emptied runway of Love Field. The ship paused in lonely splendor, then lifted off into a blue sky, clean and beautiful even in that mournful flight...
Johnson's regular pilot, Colonel James Swindal, flew the President's plane. Next to him in the copilot's seat was General Walter C. Sweeney Jr., commander of the U.S. Tactical Air Command-aboard to direct the massive protective operation. In the air, each of the three 707s was picked up by a swarm of highflying jet F-105s armed with "Catling" guns able to fire 6,000 shots a minute, F-100s with rockets and cannons, F-4Cs with the deadly Sidewinder missile, F-104s and Navy F-4Bs with Sidewinders and cannon, and F-101s...
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