Blog Post #5- Random Aviation Fun Facts

I did a Google search for aviation fun facts and a page showed up for "13 Random Aviation Facts." So naturally I clicked on it and was most interested in these three random fun facts, particularly number 2:

1. Food Tastes Different Under Pressure: Under cabin pressure conditions, that is. German airline Lufthansa noticed that people seemed to order a lot of tomato juice in-flight, while they normally wouldn’t drink it on the ground. So they commissioned a study to look into whether food tasted different in-flight. Turns out that our ability to perceive salty tastes is weakened by the cabin pressure, so tomato juice tastes sweeter![iii]
2. Airplanes Taste Worse Than Airplane Food: Over a period spanning the years 1978 – 1980, France’s “entertainer” Monsieur Mangetout (nee Michael Lotito) ate a Cessna 150. He did this in stages, breaking metal parts down into tiny pieces, and consuming plenty of water and mineral oil throughout the meal.
3. He’ll Have the Chicken: Continuing along the planes-and-food theme is the fact that on commercial airliner flights, the pilot and co-pilot never eat the same meal. This is for the safety of the craft: if the pilot is laid low by food poisoning from the pasta, the co-pilot should still be well enough to continue the flight.

I am assuming this site is credible because it is from a college of aeronautics and technology.  If this is true, the guy ate a plane??? Craziness.  If you want to read the rest of the fun facts, here is the link:  http://www.spartan.edu/blog/13-random-aviation-facts