President Bill Clinton visits U.K. from 12th to 14th December 2000
On 12th December 2000 at 2100 President Bill Clinton arrived in Belfast. On the following day at 1440 the President delivered a keynote address to 8,500 members of the public at Belfast's new millennium stadium, the Odyssey Arena. At 1500 the President flew from Belfast (EGAA BFS) and arrived at London Heathrow (LHR) at 1820 with First Lady Hillary Clinton and their daughter Chelsea on board his official jet Air Force One. On the 14th the President was flown by helicopter to London, where he landed in Hyde Park before being chauffeured to Buckingham Palace. Mr Clinton had tea with the Queen during the last day of his UK visit.
President of the United States Bill Clinton visited the University of Warwick on Thursday 14th December 2000 and gave his last major foreign policy speech as President before leaving Birmingham Airport (BHX / EGBB) on Air Force One, the presidential jumbo jet. He was accompanied by First Lady and Senator Elect Hillary Clinton, their daughter Chelsea Clinton and Prime Minister Tony Blair was present.
USAF United States Air Force Boeing 747-2G4B (VC-25A) Reg: 92-9000 / SAM 29000 cn: 23825 / 685
SAM 27000 was the second of two Boeing VC-137C United States Air Force. The VC-137C serial number 72-7000 was a customised version of the Boeing 707. It entered service in 1972, served all US presidents until George W. Bush and was retired in 2001.
Marine One is the call sign of any United States Marine Corps aircraft carrying the President of the United States. On the 14th December 2000 the Sikorsky VH-3D (Sea King) was used to transport the president.
By uniwarwick
Published on 24 Apr 2013
A record of the visit to the university on 14 December 2000 by Prime Minister Tony Blair and President Bill Clinton. Expectant crowds; security checks; celebrity guests; a choral concert; helicopter arrivals; 'pressing the flesh'; speeches by the Vice Chancellor on Warwick, the Prime Minister on relations between the UK, Europe and the US, and the President on the "global information age". Clinton was soon to stand down after eight years in office, whilst Blair, having come to power in 1997, had another six and a half years of an often controversial premiership ahead of him. From the University of Warwick archive
