Apocalyptic fantasies of flight...

[lionclaw]

So I doubt I'm the only one to watch scenes from apocalypse movies, where the freeways are all backed up with cars trying to flee the danger zone, and imagine laughing at the peasants below as I fly away overhead.

Anyone else?

There are perhaps a few hiccups. How will I get to the plane? I live 11 miles away. When I get there, will someone have broken my hanger door down and stolen my plane? Will someone have drained all my gas to top off their own tanks?

Does anyone have a disaster escape plan? Please share

 

[Jim Logajan]

So I doubt I'm the only one to watch scenes from apocalypse movies, where the freeways are all backed up with cars trying to flee the danger zone, and imagine laughing at the peasants below as I fly away overhead.

Anyone else?

There are perhaps a few hiccups. How will I get to the plane? I live 11 miles away. When I get there, will someone have broken my hanger door down and stolen my plane? Will someone have drained all my gas to top off their own tanks?

Does anyone have a disaster escape plan? Please share

That plan didn't work out so well for Gene Barry's character in the 1953 version of "War of the Worlds". Couldn't find any video cuts of the scene, but they were in a small plane (don't recall make or model):

when they encountered this:

And he managed to crash the plane - though they survived.