Ahem.
They said it was a 21-gun salute, for President Trump on 2021-01-20 when he departed.
However, I only counted 18 shots, starting at 0:28 (first shot is at 0:30), in:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK8QdtqGXiI
Final shot, #18, is at 1:15. Then announcer says "A smiling President Trump getting the 21-gun salute that he so much wanted" – so even though 18 shots were fired, it was announced as 21.
For that reason, I didn't send this Notable along to my family – expecting that one of them would point out the missing 3 shots, and I don't have an answer (I actually hadn't listened far enough, earlier today, to hear the announcer! Was caught up in the counting, and then didn't send; now I see it's announced that way so I might send, even if I don't get an answer to the below).
So, asking the board: do we have an answer for why the "21-gun salute" only had 18 reports?
One idea is, just as Q=17, R=18? Might be a JFK Jr reference?
But I don't want to speculate, towards family, so if any anon has sauce on this I'd appreciate it. Thanks (giving) and God bless!
Oh, also another anon mentioned they saw the football board the plane around minute 16 (and it's silent for a couple minutes, until minute 13 or so).