Mile High Club
Mile High Club , or MHC for short , is the slang term for the group of people who have had sex with a partner on board an aircraft in flight . Ideally, the altitude above ground should be at least one nautical mile , i.e. 1852 meters. There is no actual club of this kind.
history
The first two members of the Mile High Club are the pilot and designer Lawrence Sperry and Dorothy Rice Sims , who was married to the artist Waldo Pierce at the time, who allegedly had sex together in November 1916 and "acquired" their memberships, as Lawrence Sperry tested a self-designed autopilot during a flight in a Curtiss Flying Boat over New York .
The American traffic authority NTSB is aware of at least one case in which sexual acts on board a sport aircraft were at least partly responsible for an aircraft accident.
In November 2007 the BBC reported on a measure by Singapore Airlines . After the launch of its new Airbus A380, the airline asked its first-class passengers to show consideration for other passengers. The twelve first-class compartments offer a double bed, but are not soundproof. In 2015, air passengers in Stockholm found out about a new membership via loudspeaker announcement. After landing, the steward sarcastically congratulated a couple on their successful reproduction.
Others
In the meantime, several small companies offer flights in specially equipped aircraft, which make it possible to obtain membership discreetly.
The Mile High Club is best known among flight crews. Since the term Mile High Club is not legally protected, it is sometimes used as a motto for exuberant celebrations by flight personnel. There are also clubs and bars that use this or a very similar name.
A dry gin called Mile High 69 , which was named after the club, has been produced in Hagnau am Bodensee since 2017 .
Web links
- Mile-High Club Failure: 1994 Darwin Award Nominee (English)
- The myth of sex on a plane: The hot air number in the daily newspaper from July 15, 2008
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sperry History ( Memento of the original from November 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://milehighclub.com/founding-member (description authorized by the family)
- ↑ Colin W. Sargent: "So Much More Than Waldo's Wives. In: Portland Magazine. September 2018, accessed April 7, 2020 (English).
- ↑ MIA92FA051. NTSB, archived from the original ; accessed on July 7, 2019 .
- ^ "Airline bans the A380 mile-high club" (original: Airline bans A380 mile-high club ), BBC News online from October 31, 2007.
- ↑ 'Best wishes of happy reproduction!': Randy passengers caught having sex in plane's toilet are mocked by flight attendant with sarcastic announcement over loudspeaker. Daily Mail, September 9, 2015, accessed on January 3, 2017 (English): "The crew member delivered his sarcastic message in Swedish from the cockpit (...) People around the plane started cheering and laughing and there was a lot of gossiping about who it could have been. "
- ↑ Michael Schnurr: M for Mile High 69 - Why a gin from Lake Constance is conquering the world . In: Südkurier . February 28, 2020 ( [1] [accessed April 7, 2020]).
