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[Roy Morgan]

Smoking in aircraft:

As a Navy flight student flying the T-28 in 1967, I discovered a trick:  the R-1820 engines used 115/145 avgas, and one preflight step was to release the drain under each wing tank to see if you got fuel or water. 

I discovered that a bit of fuel would fill my lighter for use in flight to fire up my tobacco pipe  (Plug Crumb Cut from the Ehrlich tobacconist in Boston - still in business but that tobacco has changed.)

Roy Morgan
K1LKY Western Mass

> On Sep 4, 2021, at 9:19 PM, MICHAEL ST ANGELO <mstangelo at comcast.net> wrote:
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> The Smithsonian Website has an article about smoking on planes during WW2
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> " https://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/onboard-world-war-ii-airplane-it-was-smoking-allowed-180978272/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20210903-dai
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> Mike N2MS

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