I think about her often, the DC-3 who’s a floatplane.
this airplane has interesting stories to tell about decolonization
the thing about floatplanes is even the most completely backwater undeveloped overgrown regions naturally have multiple runway-length clearings with absolutely flat and clear surfaces if you count water
Always shocking to go back and realize how far aviation had developed and been integrated into the everyday working of the human world before basic principles of piloting and aircraft design were discovered.
