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From: kerry@ctvax
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: Smoking in flight.
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Date: Wed, 8-Jan-86 11:39:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan  8 11:39:00 1986
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Nf-From: ctvax!kerry    Jan  8 10:39:00 1986


Yes, it is true. Some fighters do have ashtrays, usually located just behind 
the pilot's right elbow on the side of the console.

I flew missions on a KC-135 (similar to a 707), where ashtrays were coke cans
with one end opened, hanging from wire attached to the inside of the aircraft.
These ash cans were located every 4 feet or so. I was a radical non-smoker and
only a junior officer, so I suffered from cigarette smoke occasionally. Every
time I thought about those cans, and the lighted butts, I became just a little
uncomfortable. You see, if you don't already know, a KC-135 is used to refuel
other aircraft in flight and carries ~30,000 gallons of JP-4 jet fuel housed
in special compartments below the cargo area (where the ash cans are).

Not only do jet pilots smoke in flight, while at Undergraduate Pilot Training,
I heard of a young T-38 (a T-38 is a high-performance jet trainer) pilot who
crashed mysteriously at the approach end of the runway. On probing the
wreckage, they found a Kentucky Fried Chicken box and later discovered that
chicken bones had lodged in the pilot's throat, causing him to choke and lose
control of the aircraft.

ctvax!kerry