[ARC5] "Was the P-51 Mustang unbeatable?" on Quora

[John Watkins]

I do know of at least 1 F8U pilot that smoked in the cockpit.  Would
occasional look across and see the Oxygen mask dangling and a smoke haze in
there.  The cockpits were of course pressurized, but ???  Never know what
can happen.

John WD5ENU

On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 12:53 CARL HUETHER <k1uhy at comcast.net> wrote:

> Ive read the Mosquito crews were active in flight smokers, especially the
> Australians.
> Also another famous Merlin user and at the top of my favorite WW2 European
> theater aircraft. It gave Fritz lots of headaches since it was so versatile
> in a wide range of assignments.
>
> Carl
>
> On 08/19/2021 9:57 AM D C _Mac_ Macdonald <k2gkk at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Very different type of aircraft, but all the members
> of my B-52F crew smoked while we were airborne.
> Obviously not during takeoff, landing, or refueling
> but the aircraft is pressurized and nobody was on
> oxygen during normal cruise.
>
> 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5
> Since 30 Nov 1953
> Oklahoma City, OK
> USAF (Retired) 61-81
> FAA (Retired) 94-10
>
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> *From:* arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net <arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on
> behalf of Bill KA8VIT <ka8vit at ka8vit.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 19, 2021 08:30
> *To:* MARK DORNEY <mkdorney at aol.com>; MARK DORNEY via ARC5 <
> arc5 at mailman.qth.net>; Doran Platt <jeepp at comcast.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [ARC5] "Was the P-51 Mustang unbeatable?" on Quora
>
> I have found this smoking in the cockpit being dangerous discussion
> interesting.
>
> To a normal person sitting in their office or home reading your remarks
> would find them sensible or at least as common sense.
>
> But, when I was in the artillery, we used to have powder pits filled with
> the unused charges from our fire missions, (which would later be set afire
> and burned).
>
> To a normal person sitting in their office or home reading this the
> sensible or common sense thing would be to keep cigarettes and flames 50
> meters or more away from the powder pits.
>
> But I'll tell you what...  we all sat on the edges of those pits and
> smoked...   and smoked a lot.
>
> Because we were so tired and fed-up at that point that we just didn't give
> a f%#k.
>
> So, I can believe it was that way with those pilots as well.
>
> 73 - Bill KA8VIT/W8COD
>
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