illustrated history of the crisis, and they are then joined onstage by 92-year-old berlin airlift veteran ralph dionwas a c-54 flight engineer.

crews with people like ralph dion flew over 189,000 flights to help the west berliners.t the height of the airlift, one plane landed every 45 seconds at temple hawk airport. here you see the three airports in the western sectors. temple hawk was in the american sector, the main airport, where our allied museum is hoping to move. you see the british sector, gatow, to the left. during the airlift, a third airport, tegel, was built, the -- built. the airport still used as the main airport in the western part of berlin. it was built during this airlift. one of the most beloved parts of the airlift for children, some people in particular, a pilot became known as the candy bomber. he dropped little parachutes of candy down to kids, who would write to him and give him their address. they would say please, next time, could you fly over my street? i did not get any candy last time. chancellor angela merkel honored him in 2008 on the 60th anniversary of the airlift. i know ralph is going to see him tomorrow in kansas at their reunion for the airlift. here, outside of tempelhof air