# Who besides the president rides in a presidential helicopter?

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**Created:** [September 15, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-besides-the-president-rides-in-a-presidential-helicopter/950712 "2021-09-15T18:47:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 19, 2021, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-besides-the-president-rides-in-a-presidential-helicopter/950712/20 "2021-09-19T19:27:53Z")

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> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#):
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> …Heard a lot of traffic in the air, but since he was coming down from Dover didn’t see much - only a Coast Guard helicopter patrolling down near us.

When President Obama was in the eastern 'burbs of Cleveland for a fundraiser in Oct. 2010, he drove in a motorcade from Cleveland Hopkins airport, but I noticed a lone Coast Guard helicopter briefly overhead: [In which I meet the President and smooch the First Lady](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-meet-the-president-and-smooch-the-first-lady/557592)

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