translation: they landed here, in templehof airport. there would be american lorries waiting.oad the planes and they would go back to frankfurt in a kind of loop. they would bring medicines, fuel, household supplies, everything a city needs to survive. we stood on the balcony, and we timed it on our kitchen clock. in the end, every 90 seconds, a plane would come, vroom, over our house, then on over the rooftops to land in templehof. it was wonderful. and during these flights, one pilot had an idea. gail halvorsen was a 19—year—old lieutenant, and he was standing at a fence when some children came up to ask him for some chewing gum. so, he said, why don't i drop sweets down from the plane? so, where three or four years ago, there had been bombs being dropped, now, there were little chocolate bars, each wrapped in an individual little parachute. whenever he came over, he would move his wings up and down, and so he got the name wiggle wings. after a year and three months, the airlift came to an end. archive: it's a great day in berlin, a day for rejoicing. soviet planners did not