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"Mitchell Holman" wrote in message ... Any details on this? Date, place? Don |
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"Don Pyeatt" wrote in :
"Mitchell Holman" wrote in message ... Any details on this? Date, place? Don Don EARLY YEARS -- Refueling in mid-air by Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter, at Rockwell Field, Calif., June 1923. They stayed in the air four days using DeHaviland airplanes. http://www.af.mil/photos/index.asp?galleryID=160&page=4 http://www.af.mil/shared/media/photo...-9999G-003.jpg |
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John Szalay added these comments in the current discussion du
jour ... EARLY YEARS -- Refueling in mid-air by Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter, at Rockwell Field, Calif., June 1923. They stayed in the air four days using DeHaviland airplanes. http://www.af.mil/photos/index.asp?galleryID=160&page=4 http://www.af.mil/shared/media/photo...0309-F-9999G-0 03.jpg I wonder if they had relief tubes in those days, or maybe just a jar. grin -- HP, aka Jerry "Don't say 'can't' when you really mean 'won't'" |
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"HEMI-Powered" wrote in
: John Szalay added these comments in the current discussion du jour ... EARLY YEARS -- Refueling in mid-air by Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter, at Rockwell Field, Calif., June 1923. They stayed in the air four days using DeHaviland airplanes. http://www.af.mil/photos/index.asp?galleryID=160&page=4 http://www.af.mil/shared/media/photo...0309-F-9999G-0 03.jpg 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 ! |
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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'" |
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Refueling, off on a tangent.
"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..... |
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