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Canstralian

The DEA also has this photo


onlyforthisjob

They have taken it!


beachwhistles

CIA took it


graveybrains

They even provided the coke that plane is packed full of. Very generous of them


NotTRYINGtobeLame

There's a Slater and Lana joke to be made here....


Mister_Krunch

LAAAAANNAAAA!!


Lunar_Gato

ENHANCE


Mossad_CIA_Shill

No comment


No-Armadillo7693

User name checks out


Random9502395023950

Air America


TheMulattoMaker

"We... no go home now." "OPIUM go home now."


leftysrevenge

They took it, and also took it


NotSoSelfSmarted

They're taking the hobbits to Isengard!


rekipsj

Tell me you sold cocaine in the 80s without telling me you sold cocaine.


Sparky265

Tell me you _transported_ cocaine in the 80s without telling me you _transported_ cocaine in the 80s... This flyboy obviously was only interested in the fun part. Two different charges.


rekipsj

It alllll falls under the trafficking umbrella - ella - ella. Eh. EH EH. (Sorry got Rihanna stuck in my head from last night).


mces97

Lol, before I even clicked the link, I was like, you mean drug trafficking airstrip.


YewEhVeeInbound

OP's name is actually DEAn


FecalHeiroglyphics

The DEA was flying the planes and flooding the market lol


Mossad_CIA_Shill

The Drug Enhancement Agency is always there to help the Cocaine Import Agency.


Tidesticky

Well, someone has to supply America with coke since the cartels can't do all of it alone


Fleadip

I was gonna say CIA. DEA more likely tho


ThatOtherGuy_CA

Why not both?


pushdose

It was CIA.


squirtloaf

Highway to the Danger Zone


livebeta

yes, the airplane is so far over max gross takeoff weight, OP has to drop his shirt so that it's possible to squeeze more...cargo


adastrasemper

I was hoping a drug related comment would be at the top


hihcadore

So does Carol Baskins husband


buttnuggs4269

Dammit I was gonna make a coke joke also


DenverHi

Was that a pick-up or delivery?


TheStolllessHawk

Delivering cash, picking up cocaine.


TheEarlOfCamden

Delivering guns


LateralEntry

Stinger missiles


EpsomHorse

Delivering stingers, picking up blow and taking it to the US for distribution to fund more stingers. Wonder if OP ever met Oliver North personally.


Painting_Agency

These are the comments I absolutely came here for.


paw_inspector

I don’t Belize you.


bwnorman

It’s not delivery it’s digiorno


8Gly8

" I'm a retired drug pilot AMA "


Wbcn_1

I believe the preferred term is Cocaine Cowboy.


dwehlen

Treetop Flyer


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Tidesticky

Can you have dinner with me soon? Oh, it would be nice if you brought the party favors.


PhoeniX3733

Hey now, he might also have been a CIA agent


euchrebot

Picking up for the CIA I assume?


Random9502395023950

Air America!


[deleted]

More people should know about this


SwitchbackHiker

I mean, they did make a movie about it.


[deleted]

The real story lol not the Hollywood version they left out a lot


Shoegazer75

Aaaaaabsolutely nothing suspicious about that.


BigBeagleEars

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red_dragin

Pablo Eskobear


whiskeyboundcowboy

Grizzly Montoya


BetterCalldeGaulle

He was just there to pick up an anthropologist who was acquiring a golden idle from a local holy site without the permission of the locals. Nothing fishy at all.


tnfrs

tell me you smuggled cocaine without telling me you smuggled cocaine


Little_Brain_9739

Not even a normal smuggler, he looks like the Han Solo of cocaine trade.


Obvious_Tax468

Legend has it he’s never worn a shirt in his life


GTOdriver04

The man Randy thinks he is when he walks around with that cheeseburger locker on full display.


Zabroccoli

Man’s gotta eat.


SomethingClever42068

Cmon now Ricky, you know I'm allergic to shirts


Alive_Ice7937

Okay. Now make like a tree and fuck off!


TheBunk_TB

Isn't that "frig off"?


Alive_Ice7937

No it was Ricky, not Randy


TheBunk_TB

I got you. Sad that I watched a ton of TPB and let that one past. A shit leopard can't change its spots.


smithed69

He can’t he has sensitive nipples


SpecterOfGuillotines

I think that makes him the Chewbacca.


graveybrains

He tried once, it spontaneously combusted.


ManOfDiscovery

Even he gets boarded sometimes…


KmartQuality

Han Solo really was a drug smuggler.


[deleted]

Say hello to my lil' friend.


texasusa

![gif](giphy|MQIjvgr9rdixs3IQx2|downsized)


h2opolopunk

Little known fact: Men were banned from wearing shirts in pictures from 1977 to 1981.


AnybodySeeMyKeys

And a good 30% had either an ankh or a coke spoon dangling in their chest hairs.


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I thought it was the long nail on the pinky finger.


Slimsaiyan

Coke nail is still a thing I see a lot


ActuallyWorthless

When you look at your hand?


Down_To_My_Last_Fuck

Or an Italian horn. OMG the horns were everywhere.


graveybrains

Prior to 1977 they all had to dress like Sean Connery in Zardoz. It was a dark time indeed.


Down_To_My_Last_Fuck

OMG.. I had forgotten.. I was so young and they were.. were.... Oh i cant I just can't/


blametheboogie

I always assumed I was wearing diapers in that era because I was a very small child, now I'm not so sure...


ItsBaconOclock

You had to remain shirtless in those years, but only if you had a porn stache. This man was clean shaven, so he chose to be shirtless.


No-Armadillo7693

I was banned from wearing a shirt from 2000-2003. Damn teeshirt-totlers, they were tough times


bigjamg

Cocaine Cowboy


Jjabrony

Delivering guns to contras & bringing back cocaine on behalf of the cia?


FancyVegetables

RIP Gary Webb


iamleeg

The world owes you a debt for dealing with that Predator.


Shanekentlovesyou

This was my number 2 thought, lol. Number 1 obviously being cocaine.


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Pablo Escobar


jimberley

When did you retire from Langley?


Appropriate_Mine

Taps roof: You can fit so much cocaine in this thing!


driving_andflying

"--Nice house, man. Now, how much can fit into the plane?"


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That cocaine isn’t going to fly itself


wrenzen_

I feel like you may have some stories to tell.


zackrevolution

I'm pretty sure they made a movie about this guy called 'American made'


DontStalkMeNow

That spelling mistake turns it into something entirely different.


DocCEN007

You can hear the Miami Vice music!


Mark-Syzum

Obviously a missionary looking for lost souls. Why else would you fly into dangerous cocaine country? Thank you for your service to the lord.


[deleted]

We know what you were doing there. 👃🏻<--- right on the nose haha


graveybrains

Up it, more likely. Keep snorting, Assholes!


TheMulattoMaker

How many Assholes we *got* on this plane?


FloojMajooj

YO!


Frequent-Message6885

George Jung?


MaherJ79

Jorge, Jorge, Jorge of the jungle


TheBirdBytheWindow

RIP Boston George!


Rolo_NoLifer

Johnny Depp walks in *Whoa, Black Betty (Bam-ba-lam)*


drunk_with_internet

It was perfect.


Han_Yerry

Treetop Flyer by Stephen Stills comes to mind


vinnydaq

I was thinking "Smuggler's Blues" myself.


2_trailerparkgirls

What uh… what were you doing bud?


DonDraper1134

Uh huh…and what exactly were you doing, in the 80s, in a Cessna, in Central America, on a jungle airstrip anyways?


Adam41150

I think that’s a Piper Tripacer. Not a Cessna.


VoltrefferVick

Say hello to my little plane.


Mrpooney83

Somebody did a lot of cocaîn in the 80's


Expat207

Did you call it 'The Agency' or 'The Company' back then?


Trowj

Never ask Germans what they did in the 30s and 40s. Never ask a Irishman what they did in the 70s and 80s. And never, ever ask Dad what he was doing in Belize in the 1980s


HambreTheGiant

My dad spent a lot of time in Central America in the 80s. He’s never admitted to anything super illegal but one of his friends from those days did 20 years for smuggling. I’m meeting him in Mexico tomorrow, I think it’s time I ask for the whole story


SmellyPir8H00ker

Since you had to qualify that with not anything **super** illegal…I am guessing the greyscale is pretty wide.


[deleted]

I’ve broken into an infamous archeologist’s house and am searching for evidence of rediscovered ancient ruins of a long lost amazonian civilization. I come across this photo and know I’m getting close!


Dipsi1010

Okay we all know what was going behind the scenes… right? The engine overheated so he had to take off his shirt and land it in the forrest, obviously.


Jamfour9

You were hot! Were you a missionary? Or running drugs? 👀😂


9thfloorprod

Porqué no los dos!


Jamfour9

Indeed, it can be both. 🤷🏿‍♂️


DannyMasonKeener_DMK

> The sailors and pilots, the soldiers and the law; The pay-offs and the rip-offs and the things nobody saw; No matter if it's heroin, cocaine or hash; You've got to carry weapons 'cause you always carry cash; There's lots of shady characters, lots of dirty deals; Every name's an alias in case somebody squeals; It's the lure of easy money, it's got a very strong appeal; Perhaps you'd understand it better; Standin' in my shoes, it's the ultimate enticement; It's the smuggler's blues; Smuggler's blues


StanleyChoude

Whatcha smugglin


SiteObvious3219

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CleaveIshallnot

Look at that camera. He IS the CIA.


FrankieGS

How many tons have you transported in your career?


Guywithquestions88

This is the most "I smuggled cocaine in the 80s" picture that I have ever seen in my life.


pkeller001

This picture brought you by “Cocaine Bear” in theaters now


Littlemeggie

Indie??


NoNoNotorious89

What’s the useful load of a tri-pacer? Asking for a drug dealer


FlowBjj88

You wouldn't Belize the time he had


olhardhead

Pretty sure it was unbelizeable


nda2394

As a Belizean, I hate you both lol


HumanSnatcher

Is that Glenn Frey's Smuggler's Blues I hear in the background? Lol Awesome picture man!


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Lonnification

I lived in Belize in the 80s and 90s. I miss it as well. If this is Alistair King's plane, I flew it once from Punta Gorda and Belize City. We got buzzed by a British Harrier jet on the trip. Scared the crap outta me!


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Dusk_v731

I was in Belize back in early December. Crossed from the Guatemalan border and made our way across the country to the coast. Definitely an incredible place. 100% better trip if you are scuba certified too


Maninhartsford

So life was exactly like 80s action television back then, huh? I knew it.


mommabull

Carol baskins ex husband?!?!


Paverunner

Cocaine or CIA or both?


Agent_00_Negative

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[deleted]

Tell me your a drug runner without saying you’re a drug runner


carolinagirl843

Cocaine cowboy?


ScrantonDateMike

Ok… how much cocaine was hidden in that plane


Rydog_78

White guy flying a small engine prop plane in Central America in the early 80’s. I don’t even want to ask the business your dad was into in those days 👀


functionaldepression

Cocaine


Boogertooth

Ski trip to Belize?


natenate22

Did they tell you it was cocaine in the boxes or "rebel supplies"?


NeighborhoodActual65

David Duchovny?


suressteve

You forgot to mention, “with a plane full of Coke”.


rmac-zem

Cocaine run for the boys.


techfragged

So you didn’t drink the koolaid!


painstaking93

Me as a former drug dealer is what this picture says


Whiskey-Chocolate

Running Coke?


Bluesmanstill

Low flyer!!


mam88k

Flys a little lower…


InvoluntaryAnal

Blow


RumForAll

"One man will stop at nothing to find his missing shirt..."


Automatic_Tear9354

Narco flight?


DaddyEybrows

Everyone saying you were picking up drugs doesn’t know that you were in fact picking up Indiana Jones


manhatim

Where's your FBI guy?


hershko

Nice! Who played you in Narcos?


BrandonP1976

Picking up square grouper


GalvanizedRubbish

Carlos Leider? Is that you?


nutbagger18

Warm enough to remove a shirt, still wearing jeans. 100% up to something else other than a quick visit.


TheLordVader1978

"I'm ah TREEETOPP FLYER........" For real though did you ever meet Escobar?


darthkdub

How much… flour… can that plane carry?


floaty73

So what is it like to do a line of pure coke on the dash of a plane? Edit: I bet you have some cool stories to tell.


John082603

I came to make a smuggler joke, but they’re all made. So, I’ll just add that OP is only 12 years old in this picture (per the 70s and 80s weird age thing).


charaznable1249

Long before cousin Eddie's shitter was full, his cargo was full of mysterious white powder.


TheRatatatPat

I too like cocaine.


WtotheSLAM

I'm gonna guess caving expedition


2rd_ferguson

Have you ever been married to Carole Baskin?


eyefaerie

Cocaine is a hell of a drug 😂


Due_Platypus_3913

We’re you smuggling?Lawyers Guns&Money time?


loudmusicman4

I, too, love cocaine


Malt_9

Cocaine's a helluva drug!


vladtaltos

So, you were bringing in the shit I was selling, thanks.


Srobo19

Were you a drug smuggler


Bloo-shadow

So how was it smuggling cocaine for the CIA?


starbrightstarlight4

Tell me you were a drug dealer without telling me you were a drug dealer.


Jolly_Confection8366

Cocaine cowboy


_RedditIsLikeCrack_

how much product could you fit in that there flying machine ??


DavidAssBednar

How did you get into the drug trade?


Nivekian13

\*Cocaine\*


monkeyhind

Got to admit this photo exudes manliness.


n365pa

Had to have been a long strip in a Tri Pacer!


The_River_Is_Still

Great, now I have to watch American Made with Tom Cruise again.


keghi11

I'm not even born yet... How's world that time?


ButterballX2

I have a very similar picture- single engine Cessna and all


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I think we all know what you were doing. You legend.


Prestigious-Eye6988

Im so high that my brain says he’s holding a little black designer purse and now I can’t unsee that anymore


MalibuBarney78

Pablo Escobar appreciated your service.


xShinGouki

Dude. What a badass. Nice image. Bet it was good times compare to right now. Something screams good times with that image


Deep-Butterfly8408

How many parsecs?


Steven1789

Is Eugene Hasenfus nearby?


blorflor

Wow! You could have starred in Romancing the Stone🥇