[Bluewater2015]

Back in the 70s, Russian passenger planes were nothing but converted WWII cargo planes with seats. Not a single bolt or screw or rivet had been tightened since the war.

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Well, at least the cabin was pressurized. It WAS pressurized, wasn’t it?

[bgill]

Who knows. They never flew high enough to pass out. There wasn't an overhead storage to hang air masks from. You could see cars and people from the air. Seriously, the pilots must have only had highway maps because they would fly right above streets and sharply bank when they had to make right hand turns onto the next road.

The runways hadn't been maintained since the war, either. Trees and bushes would be growing out of the pot holes and cracks. Whenever a plane crashed and burned, they'd just shove it off the edge of the runway which gave a nice warm fuzzy feeling... NOT!