legacy that s easy to ignore. its decades of civil unrest have left vast swaths of colombia relatively unknown, even to its own citizens. to reach a place previously considered a no-go area, i ll fly out of an airport of in villavicencio 45 miles southeast of the capital bogota. on first inspection, this is an airplane bone yard. where unwanted props from romancing the stone corrode artfully. but in reality, this sleepy hangar is an important gateway to the more impenetrable parts of the country. the remote settlements in the amazon basin are cut off from the country, with neither rail nor roads connecting them. there are only two ways in, either boat for several days down river, or aboard a jungle bus, which is what locals call
down river, or aboard a jungle bus, which is what locals call the world war ii era dc-3. i ve flown worse. i ve been brought mere by pablo mora, a teacher at medellin university and a particular enthusiast for this golden classic of aviation. you ve taken this flight before? yes, every chance i have. i fly one. it s a romantic thing. he sees the work these hulking great airships and their pilots do, as daredevil humanitarian missions for the more remote colombians. they have an in-flight movie? no, nor first class either. what? no, no. the planes travel with their own mechanic to cobble together anything that might go wrong. and stuff can go wrong. the risk is we ll be able to
its decades of civil unrest have left vast swaths of colombia relatively unknown, even to its citizens. to reach a place previously considered a no-go area, i ll fly out of an airport of in villavicencio 45 miles southeast of the capital bogota. on first inspection, this is an airplane bone yard. where unwanted props from romancing the stone corroded artfully. but in reality, this sleepy hangar is an important gateway to the more impenetrable parts of the country. the remote settlements in the amazon basin are cut off from the country, with neither rail nor roads connecting them. there are only two ways in, either boat for several days down river, or aboard a jungle bus, which is what locals call
violence but that isn t a legacy easy to ignore. its decades of civil up rest have left vast swaths relatively unknown even to its own citizens. to reach a place previously considered a no go area, i will friday out of an air 45th miles southeast of the capital city of bogata. on first inspection, this is an airplane bone yard. where unwanted props from romancing the stone corroded artfully. but in reality, this sleepy hangar is an important gateway to the more impenetrable parts of the country. the remote settlements in the amazon basin are cut off from the country, with neither rail nor roads connecting them. there are only two ways in, either boat for several days down river, or aboard a jungle bus, which is what locals call the world war ii era dc-3.
but in reality, this sleepy hangar is an important gateway to the more impenetrable parts of the country. the remote settlements in the amazon basin are cut off from the country with neither rail nor roads connecting them. there are only two ways in, either boat for several days down river or aboard a jungle bus which is what locals call the world war ii era d.c. 3. i ve been brought here by pablo mora a teacher at the university and a particular enthusiast for this classic of golden age aviation. you ve taken this flight before? yes. every time i have a chance i come here and fly one. it is a romantic thing. he sees the work these hulking great air ships and their pilots do as daredevil humanitarian missions for the more remote colombians.