Looking at the smudge pots from the flight deck. The crew that put these out worked hard to light them. Most were lit with a propane torch (the propane had to be kept warm to keep it from freezing), but some required an oxy-acetyline welding torch. When first experimenting with these pots someone tried dipping some paper in the fuel so they could light the paper, then the fuel. Before they could light the paper the fuel had frozen.

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