Bogue Rat

For you military guys/girls that have or fly in tight quarters of a F-15/16 or any other military fighter and have to make the long trips cross-country or overseas:

1. What do you eat or drink for those long flights? Or you don't?

2. Bathroom breaks? Not like you can unbuckle your seat and go to the restroom on commercial flight. Diapers or Depends under your flight suits?

Thanks

1Seat 1Engine

You eat or drink normal food. On a cross pacific flight you'll have a bunch of stuff crammed into the cockpit with you. Usually a sandwich or two, water, juice, whatever.

No diapers. Life depends on a little space age invention called the "piddle pack". A plastic bag that has either a compressed sponge or a powder that congeals into a gel when mixed with liquid.

The actual transfer of liquid from the human body to the piddle pack is a very detailed and personal procedure that varies from pilot to pilot. Suffice to say there is more than one funny story about that process.

There is no accepted or approved procedure for gastro intestinal issues. Fortuneately it's a very rare occurence. But there are some poor souls who've had to go way above and beyond the call in a tiny little cockpit far frome the comforts of home. Again, these are great stories, but you won't hear one from me here.

Bogue Rat

Thanks 1seat/1engine. My mind starts to wonder at times, and always wanted to know but never asked.

I posted some pictures of ordinance/munitions hanging off of F-16 and F-15 while at the airshow at Seymour Johnson this past Sunday. Jungle was nice enough to put me in the right direction with what they were.

USMCFLYR

Even those famous box lunches provided by Base Ops at the NAS/AFB on the TransPac or TransLant took up a lot of room. I carried what looked like an old flask for my water, but others carried regular old bottled water.

#1? Never broke the seal - -and I plan to stay with that record for as long as I can without doing damage I have NO IDEA how some managed as often as they did.

#2? What a mess. We had one guy get food poisoning from a late night burger after a night at the bars in Osan, Korea. The next day he made a parts run to Iwakuni and back. About 20 mins out it hit him and he lost it in every way imaginable. It was not a pretty sight! Just keep your fingers crossed that it doesn't happen to you and press forward.

USMCFLYR

N9373M

http://www.airlinepilotforums.com/ha...ze-battle.html

Not the one I was looking for. There was a NFO who made boom boom and had to RTB. I'll look for the audio and post later.

crewdawg

Thanks for posting that, I have been looking for the RACE 02 video for a while now. That guy was my weapons officer in my last squadron. Last I heard he was picked to go to the F-35...if that ever happens! I was told that either Trip or Snooze from the Dos Gringos was in that flight as well...can't substantiate that claim.

elliaps

Ask and you shall receive...

Race02 priceless

AZFlyer

Excellent first post. I forgot about that little gem.

HuggyU2

Not a "fighter" aircraft, but certainly a small cockpit... in the U-2, I don't have the luxury of eating a bunch of "normal" foods. I prepare a few bottles of protein meal replacement drinks. They work like a champ. I don't get too hungry, nor do I get too full. I can just sip on the throughout the flight, and maintain an even comfort level.

BTW, no crapping in the space suit is allowed.

As for urination,... well in the U-2, that's a whole other thread.

Grumble

Stories of crapping in the jet are the stuff of legend, more than a few awesome stories of not only success... but epic failure.