looking for consumer review on, um, range extender bottles

"Henry Kisor" wrote in message
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Darrel Toepfer wrote:

http://www.sportys.com/pilotshop/pag...Product_ID=299
Travel John (pack of three)
Absorbent pouch turns urine into gel instantly while destroying bacteria
and odor. Specially designed collar works for men, women and children;
spill guard prevents back flow during use. Convenient, sanitary and
compact, the Travel John is easy to use while sitting or standing. Will
not leak, even if punctured. Keep several in the plane, car or boat.

What I want to know is how easy it is to unzip and fish out one's personal
apparatus through briefs and a jeans fly and poke it into the pee-pouch
while flying a C150 solo (nobody to fly the plane while you struggle with
the business).

Here is where size really does matter. You may find that just "fishing it
out" while sitting down (male), may not prove satisfactory. You may have to
undo the belt, too, and slip the garments down a bit, especially anything
fairly tight like jeans. You gotta get everything into a completely
downhill position or you may get spillage during. My one and only
experience is in a car on a busy freeway.... just pulled over to the side,
dropped a jacket over the lap for privacy
:-).

I thought a C150, properly trimmed, was supposed to be able to fly by itself
:-)

real men **** out the window



"Paul kgyy" wrote in message
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A friend told me a while back that that a couple of pilots purchased
every type of human relief container, and armed with prior consumption
of a gallon or so of coffee or tea, made a test flight and reported on
the pros/cons of each. I think this could be quite funny but have
never been able to find the article. Anybody know of the source?

("Falky foo" wrote)
real men **** out the window


Not if they own a pusher!!


Montblack

real men **** out the window

Uh, how do you do that in a Stearman PT-17?

vince norris

verry carefully


"vincent p. norris" wrote in message
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real men **** out the window

Uh, how do you do that in a Stearman PT-17?

vince norris

Paul kgyy wrote:

A friend told me a while back that that a couple of pilots purchased
every type of human relief container, and armed with prior consumption
of a gallon or so of coffee or tea, made a test flight and reported on
the pros/cons of each. I think this could be quite funny but have
never been able to find the article. Anybody know of the source?

Some long range cross country glider pilots use external catheters.

I've seen a thing advertised as the Stadium Buddy. Must be the same thing.
You wear a rubber attached to a tube that runs into a reservoir strapped to
your leg.

Personally, I haven't run into this problem, but I think I'd go with the
piddle packs.

mike regish
"William W. Plummer" wrote in message
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Paul kgyy wrote:

A friend told me a while back that that a couple of pilots purchased
every type of human relief container, and armed with prior consumption
of a gallon or so of coffee or tea, made a test flight and reported on
the pros/cons of each. I think this could be quite funny but have
never been able to find the article. Anybody know of the source?

Some long range cross country glider pilots use external catheters.

Paul kgyy wrote:

A friend told me a while back that that a couple of pilots purchased
every type of human relief container, and armed with prior consumption
of a gallon or so of coffee or tea, made a test flight and reported on
the pros/cons of each. I think this could be quite funny but have
never been able to find the article. Anybody know of the source?

IIRC. AOPA Pilot several years ago. Before Rod Machado began writing a column
for them.

George Patterson
He who tries to carry a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in
no other way.

In addition to what others suggested: A simple plastic bag works just
fine. Easy to throw out of the window after use, altough not exactly
environmentally correct.

Some women glider pilots use... pampers. The adult version, anyway, for
incontinent people.

I always carry a couple of Travel Johns for passengers. Never needed
them, though.

I suggest you look through two sources to find the device that fits best
your needs: medical shops and glider pilot shops.

Personally, when I feel the need, I just hang it out of the window. Just
make sure it doesn't get squeezed in the rudder... :-)

Stefan

Paul kgyy wrote:
A friend told me a while back that that a couple of pilots purchased
every type of human relief container, and armed with prior consumption
of a gallon or so of coffee or tea, made a test flight and reported on
the pros/cons of each. I think this could be quite funny but have
never been able to find the article. Anybody know of the source?

In the B-58 they didn't include a relief tube. There was a one quart
plastic bottle. If you had to pee more than one quart..... tough. My
worst time was flying from Madrid, Spain to Little Rock, Arkansas. The
gourd was full and I was about to bust. One time my DSO had to crap, so
climbing out of the Oilburner low level route he put his pins in his
capsule, stripped off his flight suit (he was small), lined his flight lunch
box with the waxed paper, and took his dump. He wrapped it as best he could
and re-dressed. Oh, the romance of aviation!

Take a look at the capsule on the More B-58 Pictures Annex link on my home
page shown below. Here's the link. http://members.cox.net/dumwid/ This
is the Annex link. But go to my home page also and sign the Guest Book. My
basic home page B-58 is below in my signature line.

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Darrell R. Schmidt
B-58 Hustler History: http://members.cox.net/dschmidt1/
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