Why do many (most?) notable pilots have mustache?

from the old, open cockpit days, ... flying at night in icing conditions, if your mustache froze, your wings probably were too....
 
I used to have a little more than a moustache... It had been a good bit longer than that- I started trimming it back little by little. I had let it grow untrimmed for 5 years. :)
 

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Lachlan said:
I used to have a little more than a moustache... It had been a good bit longer than that- I started trimming it back little by little. I had let it grow untrimmed for 5 years. :)
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This is seriously amazing. You win at PoA!

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mscard88 said:
Thuds his first tour, Phantoms his second tour. He wrote two excellent books about each of those tours, great reads, plus helped on Gen Robin Olds book, “Fighter Pilot”.
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Believe it was in one of Ed's books, pilots all had mustaches as a superstition for good luck, a junior pilot did not want to grow a mustache because it would look patchy , he shaved it off when on R&R and trying to meet some girls.. first mission back he gets shot down (safely ejects) and the commander chewed him out for not having a mustache.
 
provides a better fit for the emergency oxygen mask !
 
mumblecanfly said:
It's my observation. Not sure if most, but many, especially the ones that are/were known for whatever reason. The typical seasoned pilot is a man in his 50s wearing a mustache, a lean face and figure. :)
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I believe Amelia Erhart was mustache-less :D
 
It hides the sweating upper lip when things go south...
 
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