British C-130’s used to have ashtrays and no smoking signs!
When the Hercules first entered service there was a sign saying “Smoking permitted on the flight deck” on the overhead panel.
Permission to smoke was usually given by the captain, sometimes using the expression, “Gentlemen, we are now First Class”. We did have a Station Commander who was not popular on the flight deck as he was a non-smoker, and never gave the “lighting up” call.
Perhaps he should have been on board a Herc flight in the Middle East where the navigator forgot to turn off his oxygen supply before lighting up 😀
We NEVER smoked ‘down the back’ :rolleyes:
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