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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: New Year's Eve
From: Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 11:35:32 -0500
Some friends when I was stationed in what is now Eritrea regaled us with the 
tale of flying from the Red Sea port of Massawa to Asmara via an Ethiopian 
Airlines DC-3. As they were preparing for takeoff from Massawa, some folks in 
the back calmly stacked twigs and built a small fire to heat water for tea. The 
flight crew (one attendant) quickly stomped out the fire and then patiently 
explained to the irate passengers that open flames inside aircraft tend to 
cause them to explode.

--Bob


On Jan 2, 2012, at 5:03 PM, Peter Klein wrote:

> Thank you, Brian, Andrew and Chuck. Our hosts were regaling us with 
> tales of a flight from Mexico to Cuba via the latter country's national 
> airline. You've probably heard or seen that most of the cars in Havana 
> are from the 1950s, maintained with much improvisation and jury-rigging. 
> The aircraft our friends took was in a similar state.

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