Thread: The Handlebar Mustache

Originally Posted by Jimbo

So that's a handlebar? So what the hell did I grow?

James.

I'd call it a "walrus"

Originally Posted by RMarsh

I grow one for "Mustache March" in the Air Force, and when i'm deployed. Inspired by the late great General Robin Olds, who famously grew one as Commander of the "Wolf Pack" 8th Tactical Fighter Wing in Vietnam.

Thanks for this post, it led me on a search about the U.S. Air force and General Robin Olds. I learned a few things about each. What a character he was.

I've been rocking the handlebar for a few months now. It started out as a Movember thing (fifth year), and I just decided to keep it this year.

Originally Posted by RMarsh

I grow one for "Mustache March" in the Air Force, and when i'm deployed. Inspired by the late great General Robin Olds, who famously grew one as Commander of the "Wolf Pack" 8th Tactical Fighter Wing in Vietnam.

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How did he wear the oxygen mask over it?

Originally Posted by DarthLord

How did he wear the oxygen mask over it?

This is only a guess, but he might have done what I do when I go SCUBA diving.
Use a lot of mustache wax.

As long as you use a wax based formula with no petroleum ingredients, it could be coaxed behind a mask (in a high- oxygen environment like the inside of a mask in a cockpit, petrochemicals are highly, highly flammable). But my guess he wore his mask with one connector hanging free, even In flight, like this-