http://www.myskymom.com/2009/09/25/where-did-the-term-whiskey-compass-come-from-is-there-really-whiskey-in-a-whiskey-compass-and-while-were-at-it-a-look-at-the-pilot-drinking-rules/ Email your aviation related questions to mom@myskymom.com to see your questions answered in the blog or by email Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:38:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://www.myskymom.com/2009/09/25/where-did-the-term-whiskey-compass-come-from-is-there-really-whiskey-in-a-whiskey-compass-and-while-were-at-it-a-look-at-the-pilot-drinking-rules/#comment-24 Trevor S. Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:34:26 +0000 http://myskymom.wordpress.com/?p=523#comment-24 In high school my AFJROTC ex-fight pilot instructor told us that the phase whiskey compass was used because if the compass lost it's fluid then pilot would know to fill up back up with whiskey and not water because of it's lower freezing level. In high school my AFJROTC ex-fight pilot instructor told us that the phase whiskey compass was used because if the compass lost it’s fluid then pilot would know to fill up back up with whiskey and not water because of it’s lower freezing level.

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