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12 May 2004, 01:58 PM
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I was wondering if there were any rules about drinking and flying during WW1.I know in WW2 the pilots had some pretty late nights at the officiers mess.Cheers! John.
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12 May 2004, 02:16 PM
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Regarding the USAS, AEF, I don't know if there were any regulations concerning consumption of alchoholic beverages, but you can read Rickenbacker's autobiography (from 1967):
He states that upon becoming commander of the 94th Sqn, he instituted a rule: no alchohol for the 24 hours prior your patrol. Hope thish helps... |
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12 May 2004, 04:16 PM
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It's considered unlucky to drink within 24 feet of an aeroplane...
or something.  Actually, for most of the history of powered flight, the measure of a Manly Man was how much booze he could take on board, and how well he concealed the effects when airborne. Drinking & flying & chasing & stuff were institutionalized to varying extents, perhaps most notably in the Luftwaffe which had vomitoria (?) at major bases. I used to know a 190 pilot who said that Type A males judged one another by their capacity for having a Good Time. When the sun rose, they'd climb into their maschinen, turn the oxygen regulator up to 100%, "and when you put your wheels in the well to engage 1,000 viermots, you were instantly sober!" Now the wheel has definitely turned. A squadron CO's career can be effected if one of his pilots incurs a DUI.
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13 May 2004, 10:18 AM
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Mista Barrett, it's confirmed:
You do not fit the profile of the Typical Hysterian. Pee Ess: You're Welcome. 
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13 May 2004, 10:54 AM
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Navarre flew often in what would now be regarded as an intoxicated condition, but then, he was French! Pappy Boyington comes to mind here, but one war later. Many memoirs mention the flask they carried, and I doubt they filled 'em with tea.
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13 May 2004, 01:16 PM
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...and don't forget that aerial sot, Ltn. Bruno Stachel, who devised a way to imbibe adult beverages in flight w/out being seen. (They left it out of the movie.)
As for that blue-blooded tart, Katie, well! She only drank champagne. Or cognac. Or whatever was goin'...
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