Angel Maintenance

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At the end of an 18 hour return trip home from the Manila, just as Air Force One is about to begin its descent into Andrews Air Force Base, a cockpit indicator light leads the crew to believe that the landing gear might not be locked down and so the plane stays in the air while the problem can be looked at. Tensions in the plane and on the ground grow as people become more and more concerned that the plane may have been tampered with.

Contents 1 Summary 2 Cast 2.1 Starring 2.2 Guest Starring 2.3 Co-Starring 3 Trivia 4 Goofs 5 Quotes 6 References

[edit] Summary

[edit] Cast

[edit] Starring

• Dulé Hill as Charlie Young
• Allison Janney as C.J. Cregg
• Joshua Malina as Will Bailey
• Janel Moloney as Donna Moss
• Richard Schiff as Toby Ziegler
• John Spencer as Leo McGarry
• Bradley Whitford as Josh Lyman
• and Martin Sheen as President Jed Bartlet

[edit] Guest Starring

• Thom Barry as Rep. Mark Richardson
• Matt McCoy as Rep. Tom Landis
• James Morrison as Colonel Jessie Weiskopf
• NiCole Robinson as Margaret Hooper
• George Wyner as Congressman Simmel
• Gregory Jbara as Congressman Segal

[edit] Co-Starring

• Mindy Seeger as Chris
• Charles Noland as Steve
• Randolph Brooks as Arthur Leeds
• Timothy Davis-Reed as Mark O'Donnell
• Kris Murphy as Katie Witt
• Ron Ostrow as John
• William Duffy as Larry
• Peter James Smith as Ed
• Aaron Kleven as Bill

[edit] Trivia

As the aircraft prepares to land at Andrews the aircraft commander tells the passengers that they are being turned out for runway 39. There is no runway 39 at Andrews or anyplace else. Runways are numbered (in multiples of 10) to the closest magnetic heading aligned with the runway when landing. Runway 9 points east (090 degrees); runway 24 to the southwest (240 degrees). A runway that "points" north would be Runway 36 - there is no 390 degrees. [1]

[edit] Goofs

At several points during the episode various characters refer to the jet fighter attempting a visual inspection of Air Force one as an F16 or Falcon (meaning an F16 Fighting Falcon). However, the plane, when seen through the window by the assembled press pool, is clearly an F15 Eagle, a much larger aircraft that looks nothing at all like an F16. [2]

[edit] Quotes

Congressman Richardson: It is in the interest of working-class-America to be able to choose between more than a McDonald's uniform or a Marine uniform.... I'm not opposing the peacekeeping bill. In fact the whole Black Caucus is going to stand behind it but with a proposed amendment. Reinstating the draft. I think the kids in my district are going to live longer if their fortunes are tied a little more closely to the fortunes of the kids in Josh Lyman's district. I'm just trying to promote some patriotic unity.

[edit] References

"The West Wing" Angel Maintenance (2003)

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