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The CIA Gave U-2 Pilots a Special Diet So They Wouldn't Have To Poop
Popular Mechanics ^ | October 18, 2018 | Kyle Mizokami

Posted on 10/19/2018 6:17:38 AM PDT by C19fan

The U-2 spy plane was famous for pushing pilot endurance to the limit. The slow, high-flying aircraft flew for up to nine hours at a time, with a single pilot guiding the plane, taking pictures of the ground below, and occasionally dodging surface-to-air missiles.

Nine hours is a long time to be cooped up in a plane without a real bathroom—or to be stuck in a small space with the smell of your own fart. So the CIA actually prescribed a proper diet for U-2 pilots to avoid the need to poop or pass gas.


TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: cia; coldwar; diet; reconnaissance
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To: nevergore
Is this what passes as good journalism at Popular Mechanics today?

No worse than their idiot articles about all sorts of particle beam and similar weapons being deployed right now. There are gullible types here that believe them.

41 posted on 10/19/2018 11:42:50 AM PDT by doorgunner69
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