Cigar in an Airplane? - Page 2

markem · 04-16-2009, 11:30 AM

Never smoked on a plane, but ....

why I remember during the Blitz being on watch in the dirigibles (please don't call them 'balloons'!) keeping a watch for the Hun. We'd be tethered 300-400 meters up by a couple of metal cables designed to give their old kites the ol' one-two. Well, back then, you were just amazed if you lived to see the dawn, so we thought nothing of smoking 2, maybe 3 cigars a night. Those were the days! A couple of good smokes in your jacket pocket, an extra scarf and a thermos of coffee against the cold and duty for your country in your heart. Ah to be young again. Of course, it helped to do a couple hits of acid before going up so that you didn't chite your pants and all.

They made a documentary about that time... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rKYL0tW-Ek

pnoon · 04-16-2009, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by thebiglebowski

we need someone really old, like pnoon, to chime in about the good old days flying on prop planes and smoking dunhills!

(i am SO just kidding!!!)

you are SO just banned!!!

rack04 · 04-16-2009, 11:35 AM

If I remember correctly you don't have to be as old as Peter to have experienced a cigar on a plane. You could smoke on international flights in the 90's. Although I was to young then.

landhoney · 04-16-2009, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by N2Advnture

but I'll be smoking when Klugsy takes me up in his private helicopter at the Shack Herf.

~Mark

Forgive my noobishness, but is this for real?

pnoon · 04-16-2009, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by landhoney

Forgive my noobishness, but is this for real?

You are forgiven.

markem · 04-16-2009, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by landhoney

Forgive my noobishness, but is this for real?

It's a joke. Dave's helicopter is open air, so smoking would be hard. Damn him and his love of convertibles.

04-16-2009, 11:56 AM

Kinda like this?

WildBlueSooner · 04-16-2009, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by leasingthisspace

Kinda like this?

Close...that one was too expensive for him, so he got this one

kydsid · 04-17-2009, 08:25 AM

I have. It takes the edge off of flying for 6 hours in a Beaver.

04-17-2009, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Scottw

Not yet but when my plane gets back from the shop (horn is broken). I'll be sure to!

Love this thread.

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Originally Posted by tobii3

Didn't AL smoke when he was flying his pet Pterodactyl???

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Originally Posted by replicant_argent

Yeah, on my Dassault Falcon 7X. I sip my rare and fine beverages, partake of my oh so very rare and aged Cuban stock, (that you plebians can't afford) and look haughtily down upon those less fortunate while on my way to the Monaco GP.

Pete, you too? We have so much in common.

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Originally Posted by WildBlueSooner

Never smoked on a plane but did see...

Epic.

Starscream · 04-17-2009, 12:40 PM

My uncle has a Cessna (sp) and a Piper Cub. I'll ask but dont' think he'll let me smoke in either one.

Boomer · 04-17-2009, 01:28 PM

I smoked a cigar on a Douglas DC-7 back in 1966 or so going to Chicago. Not long after that, they banned cigars and pipes and made it cigarettes only. Yeah, you have to have gray hair to remember that.

mosesbotbol · 04-18-2009, 07:01 PM

I wonder if they allow cigar smoking in fractional ownship scenarios?

04-18-2009, 07:11 PM

i smoked on a plane (as in lots of flat grass) but never in a plane lol

Partagaspete · 04-19-2009, 03:47 AM

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Originally Posted by adampc22

i smoked on a plane (as in lots of flat grass) but never in a plane lol

So you h ave smoked on a plain but not on a plane.

When I was a Crew Chief back in the mid to late 80's I know a few of the crew members smoked small cigars because other crew members hated it. I don't think they were allowed to smoke on them anymore but nobody narc'd them oout.

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Tenor CS · 04-19-2009, 05:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Starchild

Have you ever been in a Turkish prison?

Insert "Midnight Express" theme music here.

Have you ever seen a grown man naked?
Do you like gladiator movies?

... and other unsuccessful pickup lines.

04-19-2009, 06:52 AM

Surely your not serious, and stop calling me Shirley.

The Professor · 04-19-2009, 07:08 AM

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Originally Posted by kydsid

I have. It takes the edge off of flying for 6 hours in a Beaver.

god ... I haven't been in a beaver for 6 hours since college.

sorry ... I couldn't help myself

rack04 · 04-19-2009, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by The Professor

god ... I haven't been in a beaver for 6 hours since college.

sorry ... I couldn't help myself

Sounds like a personal problem Dokk.

GreekGodX · 04-19-2009, 10:04 AM

The only times I was on a plane and smoking was allowed was in '98. I was in Greece taking a domestic flight from Athens to Thesaloniki. Olympic airlines allowed you to smoke and the plane stunk because everyone was smoking cigarettes.

04-16-2009, 11:30 AM	#21
markem Bunion Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Mark Location: Second Star on the Right Posts: 22,646 Trading: (47)	Re: Cigar in an Airplane? Never smoked on a plane, but .... why I remember during the Blitz being on watch in the dirigibles (please don't call them 'balloons'!) keeping a watch for the Hun. We'd be tethered 300-400 meters up by a couple of metal cables designed to give their old kites the ol' one-two. Well, back then, you were just amazed if you lived to see the dawn, so we thought nothing of smoking 2, maybe 3 cigars a night. Those were the days! A couple of good smokes in your jacket pocket, an extra scarf and a thermos of coffee against the cold and duty for your country in your heart. Ah to be young again. Of course, it helped to do a couple hits of acid before going up so that you didn't chite your pants and all. They made a documentary about that time... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rKYL0tW-Ek __________________ I refuse to belong to any organization that would have me as a member. ~ Groucho Marx

04-16-2009, 11:35 AM	#23
rack04 Lebowski Urban Achiever Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Justin Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 1,023 Trading: (20)	Re: Cigar in an Airplane? If I remember correctly you don't have to be as old as Peter to have experienced a cigar on a plane. You could smoke on international flights in the 90's. Although I was to young then. __________________ "Why don't you put them in your secret compartment" - 12stones (Ricky)

04-16-2009, 11:56 AM	#27
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kydsid Ditat Deus Join Date: Apr 2009 First Name: Jason Location: Among the Pines Posts: 2,361 Trading: (46)	Re: Cigar in an Airplane? I have. It takes the edge off of flying for 6 hours in a Beaver.

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Starscream Knowhutimean, Vern? Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Andy Location: In a little town somewhere in the USA Posts: 10,237 Trading: (4)	Re: Cigar in an Airplane? My uncle has a Cessna (sp) and a Piper Cub. I'll ask but dont' think he'll let me smoke in either one. __________________ Insert quote here.

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Boomer Back In Iowa Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Dick Location: Seminole, FL Posts: 92 Trading: (0)	Re: Cigar in an Airplane? I smoked a cigar on a Douglas DC-7 back in 1966 or so going to Chicago. Not long after that, they banned cigars and pipes and made it cigarettes only. Yeah, you have to have gray hair to remember that. __________________ I have been called a lot of things, but inarticulate ain't one of them. - Boyd Crowder.

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04-18-2009, 07:11 PM	#34
adampc22 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Cigar in an Airplane? i smoked on a plane (as in lots of flat grass) but never in a plane lol

04-19-2009, 06:52 AM	#37
ratpack Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Cigar in an Airplane? Surely your not serious, and stop calling me Shirley.

04-19-2009, 10:04 AM	#40
GreekGodX Opa!! Join Date: Mar 2009 First Name: Christos Location: 7 Line Posts: 4,894 Trading: (82)	Re: Cigar in an Airplane? The only times I was on a plane and smoking was allowed was in '98. I was in Greece taking a domestic flight from Athens to Thesaloniki. Olympic airlines allowed you to smoke and the plane stunk because everyone was smoking cigarettes. __________________ "If I give a businessman 10,000 francs, what is that to him, he is rich. But if I give him a Cohiba cigar, that is style."-Hotel Rwanda