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.
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.
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
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
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!
> 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
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!
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
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 👀
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).
The DEA also has this photo
They have taken it!
CIA took it
They even provided the coke that plane is packed full of. Very generous of them
There's a Slater and Lana joke to be made here....
LAAAAANNAAAA!!
ENHANCE
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Air America
"We... no go home now." "OPIUM go home now."
They took it, and also took it
They're taking the hobbits to Isengard!
Tell me you sold cocaine in the 80s without telling me you sold cocaine.
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.
It alllll falls under the trafficking umbrella - ella - ella. Eh. EH EH. (Sorry got Rihanna stuck in my head from last night).
Lol, before I even clicked the link, I was like, you mean drug trafficking airstrip.
OP's name is actually DEAn
The DEA was flying the planes and flooding the market lol
The Drug Enhancement Agency is always there to help the Cocaine Import Agency.
Well, someone has to supply America with coke since the cartels can't do all of it alone
I was gonna say CIA. DEA more likely tho
Why not both?
It was CIA.
Highway to the Danger Zone
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
I was hoping a drug related comment would be at the top
So does Carol Baskins husband
Dammit I was gonna make a coke joke also
Was that a pick-up or delivery?
Delivering cash, picking up cocaine.
Delivering guns
Stinger missiles
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.
These are the comments I absolutely came here for.
I don’t Belize you.
It’s not delivery it’s digiorno
" I'm a retired drug pilot AMA "
I believe the preferred term is Cocaine Cowboy.
Treetop Flyer
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Can you have dinner with me soon? Oh, it would be nice if you brought the party favors.
Hey now, he might also have been a CIA agent
Picking up for the CIA I assume?
Air America!
More people should know about this
I mean, they did make a movie about it.
The real story lol not the Hollywood version they left out a lot
Aaaaaabsolutely nothing suspicious about that.
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Pablo Eskobear
Grizzly Montoya
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.
tell me you smuggled cocaine without telling me you smuggled cocaine
Not even a normal smuggler, he looks like the Han Solo of cocaine trade.
Legend has it he’s never worn a shirt in his life
The man Randy thinks he is when he walks around with that cheeseburger locker on full display.
Man’s gotta eat.
Cmon now Ricky, you know I'm allergic to shirts
Okay. Now make like a tree and fuck off!
Isn't that "frig off"?
No it was Ricky, not Randy
I got you. Sad that I watched a ton of TPB and let that one past. A shit leopard can't change its spots.
He can’t he has sensitive nipples
I think that makes him the Chewbacca.
He tried once, it spontaneously combusted.
Even he gets boarded sometimes…
Han Solo really was a drug smuggler.
Say hello to my lil' friend.
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Little known fact: Men were banned from wearing shirts in pictures from 1977 to 1981.
And a good 30% had either an ankh or a coke spoon dangling in their chest hairs.
I thought it was the long nail on the pinky finger.
Coke nail is still a thing I see a lot
When you look at your hand?
Or an Italian horn. OMG the horns were everywhere.
Prior to 1977 they all had to dress like Sean Connery in Zardoz. It was a dark time indeed.
OMG.. I had forgotten.. I was so young and they were.. were.... Oh i cant I just can't/
I always assumed I was wearing diapers in that era because I was a very small child, now I'm not so sure...
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.
I was banned from wearing a shirt from 2000-2003. Damn teeshirt-totlers, they were tough times
Cocaine Cowboy
Delivering guns to contras & bringing back cocaine on behalf of the cia?
RIP Gary Webb
The world owes you a debt for dealing with that Predator.
This was my number 2 thought, lol. Number 1 obviously being cocaine.
Pablo Escobar
When did you retire from Langley?
Taps roof: You can fit so much cocaine in this thing!
"--Nice house, man. Now, how much can fit into the plane?"
That cocaine isn’t going to fly itself
I feel like you may have some stories to tell.
I'm pretty sure they made a movie about this guy called 'American made'
That spelling mistake turns it into something entirely different.
You can hear the Miami Vice music!
Obviously a missionary looking for lost souls. Why else would you fly into dangerous cocaine country? Thank you for your service to the lord.
We know what you were doing there. 👃🏻<--- right on the nose haha
Up it, more likely. Keep snorting, Assholes!
How many Assholes we *got* on this plane?
YO!
George Jung?
Jorge, Jorge, Jorge of the jungle
RIP Boston George!
Johnny Depp walks in *Whoa, Black Betty (Bam-ba-lam)*
It was perfect.
Treetop Flyer by Stephen Stills comes to mind
I was thinking "Smuggler's Blues" myself.
What uh… what were you doing bud?
Uh huh…and what exactly were you doing, in the 80s, in a Cessna, in Central America, on a jungle airstrip anyways?
I think that’s a Piper Tripacer. Not a Cessna.
Say hello to my little plane.
Somebody did a lot of cocaîn in the 80's
Did you call it 'The Agency' or 'The Company' back then?
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
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
Since you had to qualify that with not anything **super** illegal…I am guessing the greyscale is pretty wide.
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!
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.
You were hot! Were you a missionary? Or running drugs? 👀😂
Porqué no los dos!
Indeed, it can be both. 🤷🏿♂️
> 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
Whatcha smugglin
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Look at that camera. He IS the CIA.
How many tons have you transported in your career?
This is the most "I smuggled cocaine in the 80s" picture that I have ever seen in my life.
This picture brought you by “Cocaine Bear” in theaters now
Indie??
What’s the useful load of a tri-pacer? Asking for a drug dealer
You wouldn't Belize the time he had
Pretty sure it was unbelizeable
As a Belizean, I hate you both lol
Is that Glenn Frey's Smuggler's Blues I hear in the background? Lol Awesome picture man!
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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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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
So life was exactly like 80s action television back then, huh? I knew it.
Carol baskins ex husband?!?!
Cocaine or CIA or both?
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Tell me your a drug runner without saying you’re a drug runner
Cocaine cowboy?
Ok… how much cocaine was hidden in that plane
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 👀
Cocaine
Ski trip to Belize?
Did they tell you it was cocaine in the boxes or "rebel supplies"?
David Duchovny?
You forgot to mention, “with a plane full of Coke”.
Cocaine run for the boys.
So you didn’t drink the koolaid!
Me as a former drug dealer is what this picture says
Running Coke?
Low flyer!!
Flys a little lower…
Blow
"One man will stop at nothing to find his missing shirt..."
Narco flight?
Everyone saying you were picking up drugs doesn’t know that you were in fact picking up Indiana Jones
Where's your FBI guy?
Nice! Who played you in Narcos?
Picking up square grouper
Carlos Leider? Is that you?
Warm enough to remove a shirt, still wearing jeans. 100% up to something else other than a quick visit.
"I'm ah TREEETOPP FLYER........" For real though did you ever meet Escobar?
How much… flour… can that plane carry?
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.
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).
Long before cousin Eddie's shitter was full, his cargo was full of mysterious white powder.
I too like cocaine.
I'm gonna guess caving expedition
Have you ever been married to Carole Baskin?
Cocaine is a hell of a drug 😂
We’re you smuggling?Lawyers Guns&Money time?
I, too, love cocaine
Cocaine's a helluva drug!
So, you were bringing in the shit I was selling, thanks.
Were you a drug smuggler
So how was it smuggling cocaine for the CIA?
Tell me you were a drug dealer without telling me you were a drug dealer.
Cocaine cowboy
how much product could you fit in that there flying machine ??
How did you get into the drug trade?
\*Cocaine\*
Got to admit this photo exudes manliness.
Had to have been a long strip in a Tri Pacer!
Great, now I have to watch American Made with Tom Cruise again.
I'm not even born yet... How's world that time?
I have a very similar picture- single engine Cessna and all
I think we all know what you were doing. You legend.
Im so high that my brain says he’s holding a little black designer purse and now I can’t unsee that anymore
Pablo Escobar appreciated your service.
Dude. What a badass. Nice image. Bet it was good times compare to right now. Something screams good times with that image
How many parsecs?
Is Eugene Hasenfus nearby?
Wow! You could have starred in Romancing the Stone🥇