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Re: Urinating in a fighter
Bill,
I spoke to some of the guys about this when I attended the 355th reunion in Dallas/Fort Worth, in particular Bob Garlich as he was always saying that the first thing(s) he did when leaving enemy air space was to have a "smoke and a pee" although not clear in which order. I wanted to know how the liquid got to the outside air without a severe vacuum doing unpleasant things to the "human" fixtures and fittings. None of the crew could remember but I believe that it might have been Julius that eventually came up with the answer about the vent by the tail wheel. They also gave the information that a dedicated crew would apply vaseline to the outlet to save it icing up at high altitude with the resultant "mess" in the cockpit.
Peter
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