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Anthony said:
I can't even imagine! What a mess! :eek:
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Luckily it didn't happen when I was in the airplane, but one of the owners of that company was. The relief tubes were installed right away...
 
Everskyward said:
Haha, this was a long time ago. We had relief tubes installed in some of the mapping airplanes because, well that is another story. Think about what happens what happens to containers at altitude. :D
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Now I'm curious. The plastic soda/Gatorade bottles don't seem to care about altitude, but you were flying higher than I tend to. Either that or I'm just lucky.
 
This potty discussion brings back memories of my first weeek out in the field with Army OCS.

I spent 4 years active duty Air Force and then 6 Air National Guard. The roughest I had it was schlepping bags up to the second floor.

Now I'm out in the woods in a hole we had to dig during "Defensive Position" week.

I asked my Army hole-mate "So... how far to the latrines?"

He laughed loud enough to break noise and light discipline. He handed me his e-tool.

"ohh..."

We had to low crawl to the rear area so we wouldn't be "killed" by the roving TACS with God Guns (We wore MILES).

I crawled and crawled and crawled, then found a slight depression and taught myself field hygiene.

Later, when I was a TAC I added a class on field hygiene after finding that at least half the OCS candidates had never been out in the woods away from facilities.

:rolleyes2:
 
Ted DuPuis said:
Now I'm curious. The plastic soda/Gatorade bottles don't seem to care about altitude, but you were flying higher than I tend to. Either that or I'm just lucky.
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The whole story is that there was a guy who worked as a camera operator and he would use an empty plastic film can which is like the ones your 35mm film cartridges come in only giant sized since the film is 9" wide and comes in 250' or 500' rolls. Bottom line is that the lid is not a screw top.

I guess providing Gatorade bottles would have been a cheaper solution, though. Our flights were no more than 4 hours and most people can plan that far ahead, but some can't. Then there is the odd time...
 
Everskyward said:
The whole story is that there was a guy who worked as a camera operator and he would use an empty plastic film can which is like the ones your 35mm film cartridges come in only giant sized since the film is 9" wide and comes in 250' or 500' rolls. Bottom line is that the lid is not a screw top.
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Ok, now that makes sense. I was wondering if that was the problem. I drink enough Dr. Pepper up at altitude, and even at 15,000 ft I haven't had any problems with them leaking or exploding (this is sealed with all the carbonation pressure still inside).

I guess providing Gatorade bottles would have been a cheaper solution, though. Our flights were no more than 4 hours and most people can plan that far ahead, but some can't. Then there is the odd time...
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You just have to make sure not to buy lemon-lime Gatorade. Never drink the lemon-lime Gatorade in an airplane, especially if it's in a fruit punch bottle. ;)
 
Ted DuPuis said:
Ok, now that makes sense. I was wondering if that was the problem. I drink enough Dr. Pepper up at altitude, and even at 15,000 ft I haven't had any problems with them leaking or exploding (this is sealed with all the carbonation pressure still inside).
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Bags of potato chips can be fun, too.
 
dmccormack said:
This potty discussion brings back memories of my first weeek out in the field with Army OCS.

I spent 4 years active duty Air Force and then 6 Air National Guard. The roughest I had it was schlepping bags up to the second floor.

Now I'm out in the woods in a hole we had to dig during "Defensive Position" week.

I asked my Army hole-mate "So... how far to the latrines?"

He laughed loud enough to break noise and light discipline. He handed me his e-tool.

"ohh..."

We had to low crawl to the rear area so we wouldn't be "killed" by the roving TACS with God Guns (We wore MILES).

I crawled and crawled and crawled, then found a slight depression and taught myself field hygiene.

Later, when I was a TAC I added a class on field hygiene after finding that at least half the OCS candidates had never been out in the woods away from facilities.

:rolleyes2:
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ROTC summer camp many many years ago we had a field training exercise. Out all night, met up with "partisans" who gave us live chickens and potatoes to fix for breakfast. Those who had never seen chicken except wrapped in plastic in the store had a problem. Those of us who hunted had a great breakfast. And I had to teach some of them what to do with the potatoes. Clearly they hadn't been in Boy Scouts. :D
 
Ghery said:
ROTC summer camp many many years ago we had a field training exercise. Out all night, met up with "partisans" who gave us live chickens and potatoes to fix for breakfast. Those who had never seen chicken except wrapped in plastic in the store had a problem. Those of us who hunted had a great breakfast. And I had to teach some of them what to do with the potatoes. Clearly they hadn't been in Boy Scouts. :D
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:D

I was in Boy Scouts (Eagle Scout, OoA, etc) but never, ever had to dig a cat hole.

:dunno:
 
Ted DuPuis said:
Ok, now that makes sense. I was wondering if that was the problem. I drink enough Dr. Pepper up at altitude, and even at 15,000 ft I haven't had any problems with them leaking or exploding (this is sealed with all the carbonation pressure still inside).
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Cans, or bottles?

We had someone leave a can of Dr. Pepper in the side pocket of 71G, and it let go much lower than 15,000. :frown2:
 
Everskyward said:
I've probably mentioned this before but I've had someone pick up the relief tube and ask if that was how we communicate with the person in the back.
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Hmmm, I always thought that's how you communicated with people on the ground. :crazy:
 
I have found that "traveljohns" (trademark c) work very well and don't leak... my husband was a high altitude aerial mapping pilot and he and his photographer just used sick sacks and tied them shut....

Never seen a relief tube but well, it's easy to imagine....
 
I use bottles. Why have a can in the plane? You can't reseal it.
 
Jeanie said:
my husband was a high altitude aerial mapping pilot and he and his photographer just used sick sacks and tied them shut....
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I know someone who tried this but instead of surreptitiously dropping it out of the camera hole in some isolated spot, which was my suggestion, he carried out of the airplane trying to find someplace to dump it in the trash.

Jeanie said:
Never seen a relief tube but well, it's easy to imagine....
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Geez, it's in a museum or something. If anyone is curious there is a venturi on the outside of the airplane which sucks the stuff overboard. Now you know everything you ever wanted to know about relief tubes...
 
dmccormack said:
You didn't see that during preflight? :eek:


(Where's the "shame on you, tsk, tsk smiley?")
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I wasn't the one flying when it let go... I was, however, on the board when we got a VERY loud complaint (and rightfully so) from the person who had to clean it up when it did let go...
 
Guy I know flies a sweet and maxed-out T210; was tired of having to land to pee, so he had a relief tube installed.

Long flight to Colorado, he feels the need, and he contentedly whips it out and pees into the relief tube.

Soon found out his warm feeling was not the contentment... it was the seat, awash in tee-tee.

Preflight *all* of the equipment - the funnel was not secured to the tube.
 
SCCutler said:
Guy I know flies a sweet and maxed-out T210; was tired of having to land to pee, so he had a relief tube installed.

Long flight to Colorado, he feels the need, and he contentedly whips it out and pees into the relief tube.

Soon found out his warm feeling was not the contentment... it was the seat, awash in tee-tee.

Preflight *all* of the equipment - the funnel was not secured to the tube.
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:rofl:

Especially the dangers of flying at night...

Spike: Your Bonanza looks different. Did you give it a new paint job? ;)
 
snowbird said:
25 years here. About 16 years ago we had this conversation:
Me: "I was thinking about flying lessons."
Wife: "Oh all right, if that's what you want."
Me: "Cool, I started yesterday."
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I showed her a PowerPoint presentation and when it was done, asked if she had any questions.
 
Not exactly a passenger, but for the second time a new student pilot asked me anxiously about the "cross-country" flight requirement and how far is it to California.
 
AuntPeggy said:
Not exactly a passenger, but for the second time a new student pilot asked me anxiously about the "cross-country" flight requirement and how far is it to California.
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Well, that would be "cross-country," now wouldn't it?
 
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