legacy that s easy to ignore. its decades of civil unrest have left vast swathing 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 outside of bogata. on first, this is an airport bone yard. where they re 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 downriver, or aboard a jungle bus, which is what locals call
downriver, 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 here by pablo mora, a teacher at medellin university, and a student of this classic. you ve taken this flight before? yes, every chance i have. i come here and fly one. it s a romantic thing. he sees the work that these hulking great airships and their pilots do as daredevil humanitarian missions for the more remote colombians. do 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
legacy that s easy to ignore. its decades of civil unrest have left vast swathing 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 outside of bogata. on first inspection, this is an airplane boneyard where unwanted props of romancing the stone corrode artfully. but in reality, this sleepy han gar is a 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 downriver, or aboard a jungle
either boat for several days 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 braught here by pablo mauro. you ve flown one of these before? yes. he seems to think that these great air ships and their pilots as daredevil, humanitarian commissions for the columbians. they ve been in a movie. no, no, no. no first class, either. what? no, no. the planes travel with their own mechanic. and stuff can go wrong. the risk is we ll be able to
downriver, or aboard a jungle bus, which is what locals call the world war 2nd era dc-3. i m flown worse. i ve been brought mere by pablo mora, a teacher at medellin university, and a student of this classic. you take this flight before? yes, every chance i have. it s a romantic thing. he sees the work these hulks 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. stuff can go wrong. the risk is we ll be able to land but not take off, so this guy is the return ticket out of