Official (or non-official) smoking rules in the old-days and today.
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In the F-104, we took a "bean bag" ashtray and located it on the CB panel.
In flight (which were not long, average 35 minutes missions) we puffed one.
Was (1) take O2 mask strap off to the side (2) take a puff (3) mask back on.
Blowing O2 from mouth made crazy sparks/flames with cigarettes.
AIM-9H Sidewinders blew-up as easy, if you smoked or not.
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Nowadays the airline crews smoke in the cockpit. Tough luck for passengers.
Flight attendants can come to have a Marlboro. Must take turns.
On the 747-200 (small upper deck) we generally block the access to SLF.
So we smoke there. That is non-public "crew rest quarters"...
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One of the recent threads about smoking got sent to "jet blast"...
Do some research, and see how much smokers and non-smokers love each other.
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Yeah, such a danger to smoke with all that jet fuel in airplanes.
Trouble is, the non-smoking rules were thought for "purple" 130/145 octane.
I once filled up my "Zippo" with Jet-A1. (i.e. try it with similar home-heating oil).
Never could light-it up again, I had to throw it away...
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The way young kids (anti-smokers) are nowadays - ("NG" pilots) -
No drinking within 50 feet of airplane, no smoking 8 hours before flight.
Cannabis is not tobacco product.
I am (again) ready for "
how stinking your smoking is to us non-smokers" -
Note - your "Polo" aftershave is equally offensive to us...
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Happy contrails (puff puff puff) -