Posted on 10/19/2018 6:17:38 AM PDT by C19fan
The SR-71 was built to avoid the need for this diet. Pilots who go fast need to go fast.
LOL. Ain’t that the truth!
You ever let loose with a really bad one and had no place to go? Worse yet, someone else lets one go and you can’t get away? Military folks know this dilemma all too well. Especially sailors who sleep 6 to a space the size of my walk in closet. All it takes is one guy with bubbly guts to ruin a good chance at sleeping. Might be crass, but it is a real problem.
Now I’ve got the Blazing Saddles campfire scene in my head!
Germans did that in 1944-45 for two man crews of TYPE XXVII U-boats which would go out for as long as a week.
Nine hours? Pffft... try a tracking exercise in a P-3.
They talk about this like it's a recent development. We were eating steak and eggs prior to long missions 40 years ago.
“Is this what passes as good journalism at Popular Mechanics today?”
That was my thought also.
Big deal.
Every day military fighter pilots are flying 8 to 17 hour missions strapped into single seat fighters.
They might be orbiting over Afghanistan waiting for a target coordinate, or deploying across the Atlantic or Pacific.
Urination? Piddle packs.
Defecation? Well, you do what you have to. If some American grunts down below are under hostile fire and having the worst day of their lives, are you running home to poop?
Great stuff. Nice an easy and good for you. I just a take a heaping teaspoon at night in a big glass of water. Get the flavored one. No urgency, no cement blocks in the morning.
Start with a low amount and work up. Give it a day or so to start working. Its NOT “Milk of Magnesia” so don’t worry.
I have trouble with kidney stones and this will actually help stop, erode or slow them from forming also.
I miss a day with it and I can definitely feel the change on like the second day. Been using it for 4 years now.
Nutrisystem diet. I didn’t take a dump for a week.
That’s good to know. I’m always leery about mineral supplements, but a family member is telling me it’s safe to use daily when following the dosing instructions.
Thanks for the hat tip.
Cheese and sweets are on both lists.
Now, the Air Force just shows them a photo of Joy Behar.
That’ll scare anyone shirtless.
Not-so-secret fact: Air Force U-2 pilots still follow the same diet regimen today. And for entertainment on those 8-12 hour missions, the pilots (at one point) would provide a favorite book to a member of the intel ground crew, which was monitoring the collection of the “Dragon Lady’s” sensors and could even steer them from the ground—something the pilot couldn’t do. Typically, the junior member of the intel crew had the task of reading to the pilot after the U-2 arrived on station (insert dumb pilot joke here). These days, the pilots may have an IPad/tablet along for the ride, though I’m not sure how easy it would be to use one in a pressure suit.
During my crew dog days (mid-90s), we used to chat periodically with a U-2 that launched out of Crete and did missions in the Balkans. One of the early female U-2 pilots had an incredible voice and when she was in the jet, she got numerous requests for a radio check. Have no idea what she looked like; if she ever left the Air Force, she could have made a fortune doing voice over work. Someone told me she was an All-American swimmer at USAFA and could out-lift half the guys in her squadron.
Another favorite U-2 story from the same era. My unit was out of Keesler and at one point, the base deployed a finance officer to provide support to our mission. He relayed a story from his enlisted days at Lajes Field back in the 80s. A seven-figure check from the US Department of Agriculture arrived at the accounting and finance office, addressed to the Government of Portugal, our “hosts” at Lajes.
He took it to the finance officer and said it must be a mistake, because the check indicated it was for eradication of a bug that had long since disappeared in the Azores. The finance officer said it was no mistake and told his NCO to close the door. He explained the payment was for U-2 missions from Lajes we were running over Libya in the mid-80s. As long as the money kept coming in, Portugal allowed the U-2 flights to continue. The “eradication” program was a way to launder the money (and ensure Portugese cooperation), without a direct payment from DoD.
Sorry but your wrong fighter aircraft do not fly longer than 2-4 hours ever. Can’t carry enough fuel.....12 years loading weapons on fighters....
This is turning into a TMI Thread.
I noticed that too.
“Sorry but your wrong fighter aircraft do not fly longer than 2-4 hours ever. Can’t carry enough fuel.....12 years loading weapons on fighters....”
I guess you never heard of air refueling.
How do you think those planes get to Asia or Iraq - Federal Express?
Remember the long flights of our bombers to bomb the tent of M. Khadafi? One reporter got curious and found they were supplied with methamphetamine pills to remain awake and alert.
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