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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: N. Phoenix AZ USA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by crustychief
Plus the lubricant of the day was castor, the pilot cant avoid ingesting some of the oil spray from the open rockers on every flight, necessitating a "run" to the bathroom.
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As an early pilot I knew one WW1 vet. He flew spads and was a real character.
Regarding the castor oil, he said with a smile that "we were real regular fellows" and that what they show in the movies is pure BS, that they often jumped out of the airplanes before they were stopped so that they could run to the slit trench and use the potty!
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