Shirayuri wa Ake ni Somaranai - Vol. 1 Ch. 1 - First Flight

[Roem]

"YOU A GOT HOLE IN RIGHT WING!"

 

[definitionofinsanity]

wait wait wait, can people really have a luxury to fly plane just like that back then?

With WW2 surplus and them being just simple biplane cropdusters? Uh... Yeah. A canvas-covered biplane, especially if it was surplus, could've been even cheaper than a car. Much less metal. Much less fabrication. Much less demand.