Smoking, etc. in cockpit
At 14:07 15 August 2009, Brad wrote:
On Aug 15, 5:45=A0am, Jim Beckman wrote:
At 21:42 14 August 2009, Bob Kuykendall wrote:
There's that scene in The Sunship Game where Gleb opens the sliding
window in the canopy of his Cirrus and flicks out a cigarette butt...
The idea that folks used to toss cigarette butts out over forested
areas
is sort of appalling, isn't it? =A0
Jim Beckman
some idiots in cars still do it!
Brad
No worse than thermalling over a stubble fire in Slingsbys open cockpit,
wood and fabric, T21, watching lumps of burning straw disappear upwards
past the wingtip. Flying was also a bit difficult what with the coughing
from the smoke and the watery eyes but the lift was incredible.
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