[Nowhere Man]

same for some old airplanes...the Berlin airlift could be repeated today (there or elsewhere) with older planes, not EVERY airplane has to be the very latest and fastest flyer in order to be useful

True, that's my take. I still see every once in a while, old piston planes still flying. One time I saw an old Super Constellation fly into Pittsburgh in the wee hours of the morning. Beautiful plane. I once said if I hit the powerball for some obscene amount, I'd try to start an airline of my own using the old piston-engined planes such as the DC-4 thru 7 and the Super Constellation. I'd have the stewardesses wear mini skirts and Jackie-O style hats. My father said the planes of today cannot compare to the comfort of the Super Constellation.

Digressing, yeah, there might be a time we may have to do what you said. I once read a post apocalyptic book where after an atomic war, the U.S. government, what's left of it, brought back the old piston engined cargo planes to supply troops and carry supplies around, We are doing this to a limited extent now, I read we had to bring back a B-57 that hasn't flown since 1969 or so to be used in Afghanistan. I think it is used for recon.

[yarddog]

Back around 1953, Daddy drove us out to the Panama City airport just for something to do. I guess we didn’t require much entertainment back then.

Anyway there was a constellation parked close to the fence. It was an awesome sight to a six year old. those three vertical stabilizers seemed like something out of science fiction.