--- title: Donald Trump's Plane Does Fly-By to 'Air Force One' Theme description: Republican frontrunner Donald Trump orchestrated a fly-by of his airplane in Iowa on Saturday set to the theme song from "Air Force One" canonical: https://time.com/4201264/donald-trump-plane-air-force-one-flyby/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-30T20:46:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T14:36:18.104Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump's Plane Does Fly-By to 'Air Force One' Theme og:description: Republican frontrunner Donald Trump orchestrated a fly-by of his airplane in Iowa on Saturday set to the theme song from "Air Force One" og:url: https://time.com/4201264/donald-trump-plane-air-force-one-flyby/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbc5fe7b68c728f91/69887b6df887dc7792e94636/trump-plane.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: All-Star Celebrity Apprentice - Season 13 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump's Plane Does Fly-By to 'Air Force One' Theme twitter:description: Republican frontrunner Donald Trump orchestrated a fly-by of his airplane in Iowa on Saturday set to the theme song from "Air Force One" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbc5fe7b68c728f91/69887b6df887dc7792e94636/trump-plane.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump's Plane Does Fly-By in Iowa to _Air Force One_ Theme  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jan 30, 2016 8:46 PM UTC  The Trump Jet The Trump JetDouglas Gorenstein—NBC/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jan 30, 2016 8:46 PM UTC Republican frontrunner Donald Trump [orchestrated a dramatic fly-by of his airplane](https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/693521009190764544) in Iowa on Saturday set to the theme song from _Air Force One_, the 1997 presidential drama starring Harrison Ford. The plane carrying Trump flew past a crowd of supporters before it landed in Dubuque, Iowa for a rally at the airport. Presidential candidates are [pulling out all the stops in Iowa](http://time.com/4200555/marco-rubio-ted-cruz-iowa/) this weekend, making their [final pitches to voters](http://time.com/4201183/hillary-clinton-calm-and-confident-in-closing-days-of-iowa/?xid=homepage) before the [Iowa caucuses on Monday](http://time.com/4200172/ted-cruz-iowa-final-days/). True to form, Trump was not one to be outdone when it came to theatrics. > [](https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/693521009190764544) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4201264/donald-trump-plane-air-force-one-flyby/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4201264/donald-trump-plane-air-force-one-flyby/"},"headline":"Donald Trump's Plane Does Fly-By in Iowa to Air Force One Theme","datePublished":"2016-01-30T20:46:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T14:36:18.104Z","description":"Trump will not be outdone in the theatrics department","url":"https://time.com/4201264/donald-trump-plane-air-force-one-flyby/","keywords":["Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbc5fe7b68c728f91/69887b6df887dc7792e94636/trump-plane.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbc5fe7b68c728f91/69887b6df887dc7792e94636/trump-plane.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"All-Star Celebrity Apprentice - Season 13","caption":"All-Star Celebrity Apprentice - Season 13","creditText":"Douglas Gorenstein—NBC/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4201264/donald-trump-plane-air-force-one-flyby/","name":"Donald Trump's Plane Does Fly-By in Iowa to Air Force One Theme"}}]}] ```