
This C-47 was built in 1943. It hasn’t stopped flying since.
In 1943, the Placid Lassie took to the skies for the U.S. Army Air Forces, and since that date, it has never stopped. But this C-47 is not just a Frankenstein-esque hull of itself. It is not a replica nor a restoration. “These same rivets,” according to the Tunison Foundation, “crossed the English Channel on…