Don't forget that in addition to the 747 "Doomsday" Boeing EB-4 that would be stationed in Hilo when Barack was in Honolulu, we also had Sheikh Nasser bin Hamed Al Khalifa from Bahrain land at Hilo in his personal 747! (Imagine his parking fees!)
Boeing 747 ‘Al Sakhir’ Brings Royalty to Big Island : Big Island Now
And once during Barack's two terms, there were 2 of those Boeing 747 EB-4's at the Hilo Airport at the same time - only for a few hours. There was a "crew change" that had been previously scheduled, so the new crew flew in on one of the four EB-4's and the old crew flew out on the other EB-4 back to Offutt Air Force Base, the "home base" of these jets.
Also, and my apologies as this tidbit is not Hawaii related, but on the topic of the 747, did you know that the very first 747 commercial jet - a Pan Am flight from New York to London on January 22, 1970, was the very first 747 to be hijacked on August 2, 1970, en route between JFK and Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico and was diverted to José Martí International Airport in Havana, Cuba and then was the same 747 of the two 747's that met their fate at Tenerife!
Boeing 747 ‘Al Sakhir’ Brings Royalty to Big Island : Big Island Now
And once during Barack's two terms, there were 2 of those Boeing 747 EB-4's at the Hilo Airport at the same time - only for a few hours. There was a "crew change" that had been previously scheduled, so the new crew flew in on one of the four EB-4's and the old crew flew out on the other EB-4 back to Offutt Air Force Base, the "home base" of these jets.
Also, and my apologies as this tidbit is not Hawaii related, but on the topic of the 747, did you know that the very first 747 commercial jet - a Pan Am flight from New York to London on January 22, 1970, was the very first 747 to be hijacked on August 2, 1970, en route between JFK and Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico and was diverted to José Martí International Airport in Havana, Cuba and then was the same 747 of the two 747's that met their fate at Tenerife!