we have a few older type planes on our site that were meant to use if you agreed on the older planes would be more useful theory in T2K .
(Or if you wanted to play some historical setting ).
Definently the older planes are more useful as they ned less fuel , have less electronics and can be maintenanced easier.
Biplanes for recce and artillery spotting would mean a huge advantage over a ground locked adversary .
Aerostats weer used in the war of the states using coal gas , in T2K it could very well make a comeback were no vantage points were available .
I believe the Grumman company already made one of their WWII type fighterbombers into a duster. I think its called the AgCat (Agriculture).
Given a cantonment with a steady food supply,a motivated leadership and some capable fellows to go out and get stuff , putting a few older type aircraft in the air is a possibility imho .
We have a non canon campaign that have seen a lot of aerial combat over the years - the players reverted to the "NotJagerprogramme" to counter the MilGov consolidation efforts . ( MilGov was crunching out a few WWII type planes and using them to gain airsuperiority .It could have meant constitutional rule of law in the CONUS.A disaster for the party.had to be stopped )