Pilots retrace Alaska-Siberia air route to highlight previous collaboration between superpowers – and promote videogames as a tool for world peaceOn a windy summer afternoon at mighty Falls airport in Montana,two Douglas C-47 planes replete with Red Army insignia – and an all-Russian crew on board – roar down onto the runway.
Along with two AT-6 Texan aircraft, they’re here to re-create the Alaska-Siberia (AlSib) air route, or a perilous journey across some of the most inhospitable terrain on the planet once made by pilots during a scarce moment of friendship between the US and the USSR during the fight against Nazi Germany. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com