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Which regions did Dwight D. Eisenhower visit during his 1959 trip aboard Queenie?
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Air Force One, a Boeing 747 reserved for use by the president of the United States, flying over Mount Rushmore, South Dakota.
During his three-week goodwill trip in December 1959, President Dwight D. Eisenhower traveled aboard the Boeing 707 Stratoliner nicknamed "Queenie" to visit 11 countries across three regions: Europe, Asia, and North Africa.1