[Carolina]

Candy Bomber wants to fly over Baghdad (pilot who dropped candy in Berlin airlift)

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) -- The pilot known as the Candy Bomber for air-dropping handkerchief-tethered chocolate and gum to the children of Berlin in 1948 wants to do the same thing for the kids of Baghdad.

[nicmarlo]

The kids would love those candy drops....and probably help them be less afraid of planes, once the bombs stop dropping, of course; he can't be allowed to do it before then, as the children would run outside when they heard the plane, hoping for candy....