bathrooms on aircraft carriers

[jmcquate]

In a past life I indexed and archived the R&D/engineering records for the shitter on the STS. Needless to say, gravity plays a greatly unappreciated role in getting the “solid waste” into the bowl.

 

[CommodoreMid]

Yeah? So? So replace the whatevers whenever…("Prepare that Fetzer valve with some 3-in-1 oil and some gauze pads. And I'm gonna need 'bout ten quarts of anti-freeze, preferably Prestone. No, no make that Quaker State.")...just like they do for Hawaiian Air or United or whoever. THIS is not rocket science. "People been poopin' in big airplanes por berry, berry long time…"

I was going to say "who gives a shit?"…but I guess you all do.

When you fly for 10+ hours at a time, it suddenly becomes very important. I lucked out in that I never had to do it on the P-3, but there were a couple times when I landed I told the other NFO to watch all the classified crap while I sprinted across the flight line.

 

[Renegade One]

When you fly for 10+ hours at a time, it suddenly becomes very important. I lucked out in that I never had to do it on the P-3, but there were a couple times when I landed I told the other NFO to watch all the classified crap while I sprinted across the flight line.

Inquiring minds kinda wanta know…WHY, for the love of God, did you not use the crapper on the frakin' airplane???? If this is/was some sort of "manliness test"…you chose poorly. Don't believe me…ask HALpilot…

What price glory?

 

[xj220]

Like I said before, it beats shitting in a bag. The P-3 "toilet" isn't used anymore so your options are a urinal, or a plastic bag.

 

[BigRed389]

Inquiring minds kinda wanta know…WHY, for the love of God, did you not use the crapper on the frakin' airplane???? If this is/was some sort of "manliness test"…you chose poorly. Don't believe me…ask HALpilot…

What price glory?

When it's REALLY inconvenient, wouldn't you rather plan your meals around your "schedule?"

 

[jmcquate]

Like I said before, it beats shitting in a bag. The P-3 "toilet" isn't used anymore so your options are a urinal, or a plastic bag.

So an unused sonobouy tube is not an option?

 

[Gatordev]

Yeah? So? So replace the whatevers whenever…("Prepare that Fetzer valve with some 3-in-1 oil and some gauze pads. And I'm gonna need 'bout ten quarts of anti-freeze, preferably Prestone. No, no make that Quaker State.")...just like they do for Hawaiian Air or United or whoever. THIS is not rocket science. "People been poopin' in big airplanes por berry, berry long time…"

I was going to say "who gives a shit?"…but I guess you all do.

It's actually a pretty major airframe issue across all communities that allow such activities while airborne. Not everyone operates in a pressurized environment, either, so it just runs out of the aircraft and on the airframe, and if the crew is doing it's job, all over the FSU football field.

 

[e6bflyer]

I prefer the TACAMO slide. I have yet to try the PAM method or used a coat hanger.

My personal favorite is a hybrid TACAMO toboggan, push and flush, and grease the skids with hand sanitizer. It works (almost) every time. I have had to resort to the plastic knife of shame a time or two, but that doesn't happen too often.
There is a reason that I don't hang my coat in the coat closet. Yuck.

 

[e6bflyer]

Don't know, I think it's a 737 one but haven't really thought about. I've only tested the solid waste capabilities once, but it sure was glorious.

Our lav just recycles whatever is in the tank up through the bowl and ends in an orifice that was clearly not designed around the feces that are produced by the diet of the average American male. The 737 has that nifty toilet that uses actual suction to get whatever offending waste into the tank. It is greatly superior to ours.

 

[insanebikerboy]

so it just runs out of the aircraft and all over the FSU football field.

Or the Florida Gators stadium in the fall, during afternoon practice, or the LSU Tigers and Texas A&M stadium on cross country.

...or so I've heard...

 

[HAL Pilot]

Inquiring minds kinda wanta know…WHY, for the love of God, did you not use the crapper on the frakin' airplane???? If this is/was some sort of "manliness test"…you chose poorly. Don't believe me…ask HALpilot…

What price glory?

I never shit in a P-3, it's just not done..... Unless you are buying at least a case of beer for the crew. Shitting in a plastic bag in a bucket and doing the walk of shame on the ramp in front of the whole squadron showing it off? Not very manly.

Now I've destroyed my B-767 lav on more than one occassion. Different plane, working with a different sort of people, different rules - and way more comfortable.

 

[Flash]

Yeah? So? So replace the whatevers whenever…("Prepare that Fetzer valve with some 3-in-1 oil and some gauze pads. And I'm gonna need 'bout ten quarts of anti-freeze, preferably Prestone. No, no make that Quaker State.")...just like they do for Hawaiian Air or United or whoever. THIS is not rocket science. "People been poopin' in big airplanes por berry, berry long time…"

I was going to say "who gives a shit?"…but I guess you all do.

Since when do United or Delta fly 50-55 year-old birds? They don't, the extensive depot maintenance they do on some military aircraft is much more extensive than what they do on commercial aircraft and a big part of the reason that the USAF has to deal with corrosion associated with bathrooms.

 

[Gatordev]

Or the Florida Gators stadium in the fall, during afternoon practice,

Banned.

 

[BusyBee604]

...so it just runs out of the aircraft and on the airframe, and if the crew is doing it's job, all over the FSU football field.

Phew, at first I thought it was referring to my "Alma Mammy" Fresno State Univ. (FSU), then the light flashed on when I remembered your avatar name...duh!
BzB

 

[phrogpilot73]

I just thought I'd point out that CommodoreMid flies the P-8, so it is well within reason to reinforce the theory that jets make you poo.