30 Facts About Air Force One

FDR Was the First President to Fly on Business

We wouldn’t have Air Force One as it exists today without the enormous contributions made by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Not only did FDR play a huge role in propping up the Presidential Pilot Office, but FDR put his money where his mouth was by flying on the newly introduced craft. FDR was the first President of the United States to fly on official state business as he hopped numerous times from Florida to his destination in Morocco four days later.