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John Szalay added these comments in the current discussion du
jour ...

I wonder if they had relief tubes in those days, or maybe
just a jar. grin

TRIVIA:

Know who held the patent for the heated relief tube to keep
your Johnson from sticking to that same tube ?
.....
.
Ben Rich... of Skunk Works fame !

Why am I not surprised here, John?! You're a true wellspring of
knowledge on the Skunk Works.

A Chrysler friend early in my career told me he was a B-24 pilot
stationed in the Phillipines late in the war. He said that the guys
then put some fur around the relief tube to prevent sticking, which
I understand, was quite painful to the uninitiated.

--
HP, aka Jerry

"Don't say 'can't' when you really mean 'won't'"

"HEMI-Powered" wrote in

A Chrysler friend early in my career told me he was a B-24 pilot
stationed in the Phillipines late in the war. He said that the guys
then put some fur around the relief tube to prevent sticking, which
I understand, was quite painful to the uninitiated.


from Another book I got my hands on a while back,
B-17 crews used to relieve themselves into the bombbay, causing a real
problem of the pee freezing and kept the bombbay doors from being able to
open.

I remember back in my early teens, climbing into a B-47 at Hickham during
the "Dominic" H-bomb tests around Johnston island, pilots relief tube was
not secured, and hung down down alongside the seats. hit me in the head,
all I could think at the time, was:

BOY, I hope the groundcrew cleaned this plane before I got in here.....