to reach a place previously considered a no-go area, i'll fly out of an airport of in villavicencio outsidection, this is an airplane boneyard where unwanted props of "romancing the stone" corrode artfully. but in reality, this sleepy han gar is a gateway to the more impenetrable parts of the country. the remote settlements in the amazon basin are cut off from the country, with neither rail nor roads connecting them. there are only two ways in, either boat for several days downriver, or aboard a jungle bus, which is what locals call the world war ii era dc-3. >> i've flown worse. >> i have been brought here by pablo mora, a teacher at medellin university, and a student of the classic. >> you take this flight before? >> yes, every chance i have. it's a romantic thing. >> he sees the work these hulks great airships and their pilots do, as daredevil humanitarian missions for the more remote colombians? >> they have an in-flight movie? >> no, nor first class either. >> what? >> no, no. the planes travel with their own mechanic to cobble together anything that might go wrong. stuff can go wrong.