'Uncle Wiggly Wings' back in Berlin 70 years after the airlift 98-year-old Gail Halvorson, best known as 'Uncle Wiggly Wings', was one of the first pilots during the Berlin airlift to drop sweets via miniature parachute to raise morale of the residents of West Berlin. He's the guest of honour for the celebrations of 70th-anniversary of the Berlin airlift.