A colleague of mine was on an internal flight in India in the 70's
when his neighboring passengers lit up a 'primus' stove (pressurised
paraffin/kerosene) to cook a meal. Seemed to be normal he said!
Jez
On 03/01/2012, Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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