Dan Santry snapped Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's plane after it had landed at Logan. Abe starts a three-day US tour with dinner tonight at John and Teresa's place at Louisburg Square. His itinerary also includes a speech at the Kennedy School across the river and a trip down to DC for a speech before Congress.
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Lovey, Lovey.... The Japanese are here!
By moxie
Sun, 04/26/2015 - 6:09pm
Good thing that darned fire hydrant situation was taken care of. Parking shouldn't be an issue for the poor guy!
no subject
By SwirlyGrrl
Sun, 04/26/2015 - 9:24pm
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Flags
By BostonDog
Sun, 04/26/2015 - 6:13pm
Does the plane fly with flags on top?
Do they replace the US flag with whatever country they are headed to?
I'm wondering about the flags
By anon
Sun, 04/26/2015 - 7:10pm
I'm wondering about the flags too
"Courtesy flag"
By Bob Leponge
Sun, 04/26/2015 - 11:57pm
Nautical tradition is that a ship flies the flag of her home country, and flies the flag of the country she is visiting as a sign of respect (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_flag#Courtes...). Ordinary airplanes don't do this (i.e. when you fly Delta to Paris they don't put out the tricolor), but I would imagine there is, somewhere, a thick book of diplomatic etiquette, of which a chapter probably deals with how to fly flags on the airplanes of visiting heads of state.
They can't possibly leave the flags up in flight; there is a hatch in the cockpit roof of a 747; I'm sure there's a way (possibly, but unlikely involving duct tape) of mounting a tiny flagpole in the cockpit so that it protrudes up through the open hatch when the plane is on the ground.
I've got it
By roadman
Tue, 04/28/2015 - 11:23am
from The Big Bus
This makes me feel like we're
By Felicity
Sun, 04/26/2015 - 6:36pm
This makes me feel like we're wicked world-classy!
Is he the reason
By bulgingbuick
Sun, 04/26/2015 - 8:35pm
they shut down the Expressway North early this evening?
Could be
By adamg
Sun, 04/26/2015 - 9:40pm
The Globe reports he toured the Kennedy Library with the US ambassador to Japan - Carolyn Kennedy.
ketchup with the kerry's
By bostnkid
Sun, 04/26/2015 - 9:06pm
I bet parking on pinkney is difficult this evening.
Security detail is actually pretty easy to live with.
By Bob Leponge
Mon, 04/27/2015 - 12:09am
They're pretty good at doing their job without inconveniencing other people trying to use the street.
Landing Time
By MainStreetLuv
Sun, 04/26/2015 - 9:10pm
I wonder if that's the 747 I saw on approach to Logan as we left Franklin Park early this afternoon. I'm not used to seeing a plane that large landing in broad daylight. It was hard to see the livery while driving, as well.
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