Peeing in a condom catheter with a leg bag, David Sedaris has a humorous take on it.

I can add a couple of anecdotes to this erudite thread.

One was the pilot who plumbed himself in to the glider pee tube using a
self-adhesive condom, and then forgot when he got out in a hurry to clear
the runway. He got a sharp reminder.
The other was the pilot who tried to mechanise the process, and tried a
lash-up in his bathroom, using a car windscreen washer pump, battery, and
one of those shower attachments that you push onto a tap. He found that he
was getting sucked in, couldn't reach to
switch off, and had to call his wife in to help. What questions she asked
have not been recorded.
So be careful.
Dave


At 00:57 26 December 2008, harold wrote:
For many of us soaring cross country pilots the condom catheter and a
leg bag are essential parts of a successful flight. David Sedaris has
a different take on the product. He's hilarious.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBdymtyXt8Y

At 17:45 31 December 2008, David Salmon wrote:
I can add a couple of anecdotes to this erudite thread.

Here's another. An old story about a pilot who ran the relief tube down
into the wheel well of his glider, so it wouldn't dangle in the
slipstream. To use it, he would just put the wheel down until he had
completed his mission. Worked great in the air.

Next landing, he rolled off to the side of the runway, but then just sat
in the glider. When his pals ran over to see what was the matter, he was
sitting there with a really pained look on his face. Seems the relief
tube had gotten wrapped around the axle and as the glider rolled out, it
started to sort of wind him up. Through clenched teeth he asked if the
guys could just "roll me backwards about twenty feet, will ya, please?"

Jim Beckman