Pilots

[Flubke]

Hello Folks

Maybe I have a very stupid question. Please don't laugh :-). As pilots are
in the air for a few hours with the sun on their helmet, they must be
thursty after a while. I know they have airco but how do they drink or eat
in their cockpit? Please tell me.

Greetings
Flubke

[Mark]

Because the helmet has foam to cushion head and absorb impact, there is
little heat from that aspect (sun). I can be kinda warm just from head
giving off heat by itself and no evaporation to help out.

wrt fighters.... in just the 1-2 hrs of a mission not much time to worry
about getting something to drink. Just wait until you get down. Longer
missions (with tanking for example) would have packet of water/other and
something along the lines of a sandwich. Would be a matter of removing
mask, engaging autopilot, and chowing down... If your a wingman you'd drop
back a little more in trail and fly a bit further away from lead. If lead
is nice, he won't be maneuvering too much :)

Mark


"Flubke" > wrote in message
...
> Hello Folks
>
> Maybe I have a very stupid question. Please don't laugh :-). As pilots are
> in the air for a few hours with the sun on their helmet, they must be
> thursty after a while. I know they have airco but how do they drink or eat
> in their cockpit? Please tell me.
>
> Greetings
> Flubke
>
>

[Tom Swift]

"Flubke" < wrote in message
>. As pilots are
> in the air for a few hours with the sun on their helmet, they must be
> thursty after a while. but how do they drink or eat
> in their cockpit? Please tell me.

Are yuu related to Flub Hemke, former C.O. of the 54th FtrGp?

Pilots are supermen and do not require mid-air refueling.

Only Bombardiers eat in flight.