Another installment in the series “Ya can’t do that anymore.” Place de l’Étoile, Paris, 1944

When I first saw this photo of a C-54 out for a little sightseeing along the Champs-Élysées I thought it had been composited/doctored. Not so – it’s the real deal. Besides, such buzzing was socially acceptable back then and something we all wish we could get away with today.