[laplata]

I’ve also flown many places in Mexico and NM and Texas on DC-3’s.

I can’t recall the name of the Mexican airline but in NM and Texas it was Trans Texas Airlines.

One time we were waiting for a flight and my Dad was chatting with the pilot and found out they had both flown over the “Hump” in the CBI theater of war.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I sat on the right side overlooking the wing and honking big motor. I noticed that every few minutes, a drop of oil would appear from under a rivited cover, only to be blow away as we flew along.
I figured, as long as the drips continued, we’d be OK.

[Tallguy]

Guys that few the hump said they were “following a highway of aluminum” so many planes were lost flying the hump.

[PUGACHEV]

I once flew between two islands in the Caribbean on an ancient Air Caribe Tupolev or Antinov something or other. The thing looked and smelled like a museum piece and had as many coats of paint on it as an old window sill. The pilot greeted us with the reassuring advice that should we crash, no one was likely to get hurt, as the plane wouldn’t hit the ground too hard because it didn’t move very fast in any direction.

[rlmorel]

My wife and I were down on Cape Cod last fall visiting one of her friends, and I heard aircraft engines.

Being a former jet mechanic, my ears perked up, because it wasn't just an aircraft engine, it was a RADIAL engine, and...more than one!

I looked up to see this cross the sky wheels down...

So, when we left, I had my eyes peeled, and there in a huge grass field, just sitting there with nobody around, no buildings, people, nothing, as the sun went down, was this:

I walked around them, and resisted the urge to look inside (Hatch was open and door down!). I wouldn't do anything like that, it was someone elses property, but it did cross my mind!

Apparently, they sell rides in them!

[TheRightGuy]

in NM and Texas it was Trans Texas Airlines

that goes way, way back ... airline code was TT, which was affectionately called Tree-Top airlines ... eventually added a route to mexico and changed its moniker to Texas International (TI), purchased by Continental, and finally sucked into United.