Cigarette Lighter Adapter- Cessna 172

wrote:
I've been flying for 7 years now, and a few weeks ago I attempted to
plug in my portable GPS unit into a 2003 172 and ... I couldn't. The
"standard" cigarette adapter has been replaced with a smaller
something. I didn't have time to look too closely as to what the new
outlet is. The GPS was just a backup and I was just going locally .

If anyone else has experienced this, I would appreciate any info on
what adapter I would need to continue to use the "old" cigarette size
plug and who sells them.

Thanks in advance.

Do people really smoke cigarettes while flying?

Do people really smoke cigarettes while flying?

My instrument flight instructor did, but not when I was in the plane.

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agbangsit On 3 Aug 2006 20:40:39 -0700, "Andrew Sarangan"
wrote:
Do people really smoke cigarettes while flying?

If a person is seriously addicted to them, then yeah, I suspect so...
Hell, I've seen people who have had a laryngectomy or tracheostomy due
to cancer from smoking end up later smoking through the hole in their
neck... Even though I've never smoked, I don't want to give up my
lighter plug in my aircraft or any of my cars... I use them for too
many other gadgets that I don't want to do without... I even built my
own 9 Ah power supply box out of a boating dry-box with a bulkhead
mounted lighter-type port for a 12VDC supply... It also has a bulkhead
computer power cord type receptacle so that I can plug it into the
wall for charging... Standard lead acid type battery, but sealed, so I
can carry it on commercial airliners... Lets me have a small portable
DVD player with me and not have to worry about how long the battery
might last... OK, to be more precise, it lets Grace & Kaitlyn have it
with them and I don't have to listen to them complain about not having
enough battery power for an entire day wasted travelling...

October will be 2 years off cig's cold turkey from 3 packs for me!

Andrew Sarangan wrote:

Do people really smoke cigarettes while flying?


The DE who gave me my private checkride smoked a pipe
while flying. The ashtrays in the planes pretty much
showed that someone else in the right seat used to smoke
(my flight instructor was a smoker, but he never smoked
while instructing to my knowledge).