Did the B-29 have a toilet?
Did the B-29 have a toilet?
In the forward end of the aircraft, there was a cylindrical canister with a funnel and a rubber tube into which we could urinate. In the radar compartment aft, there was a chemical toilet which we were reluctant to use because the poor radar operator would almost die from the odours.
What was the B-29 fatal flaw?
B-29 cowl flaps created such enormous drag that they couldn’t even be fully open for takeoff; the turbulent airflow they created over the wing could cause a huge loss of lift as takeoff flaps were retracted.
How many B-29s were shot down over Japan?
On March 10, 1945, flying in darkness at low altitudes, more than 300 B-29s dropped close to a quarter of a million incendiary bombs over Tokyo. LeMay’s gamble was successful. Perhaps as many as 100,000 Japanese were dead, almost 16 square miles of the city destroyed, and a million people homeless.
How many flying B-29s are left?
Only 22 complete B-29 airframes are currently restored in the United States. Two of these are airworthy. We’ve had the privilege of seeing, and photographing, 16 of these during the last two years.
Where do commercial pilots pee?
On most planes, the pilots use the passenger bathrooms, usually the one closest to the cockpit. Sometimes, the flight attendants block the aisle next to the bathroom/cockpit door with a drink/food cart while the pilot is in there.
Why was the b29 so expensive?
It cost so much because it stretched the engines to the Max (for a piston engine) and included remote control turrets. Almost everything in the aircraft was at the apex of technology for the time.
Why was the b29 not used in Europe?
The B-29 was developed with its great range to bomb Japan, not Germany. B-29s were developed while World War II was in progress and only used near the end of the war in the Pacific theater. They were not available for use in the European theater before the air war there was essentially completed.
What was the largest bomber in World War 2?
Boeing B-29 Superfortress
The heaviest bomber of World War II was the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, which entered service in 1944 with a fully pressurized crew compartment (previously used only on experimental aircraft) and as many as 12 . 50-inch machine guns mounted in pairs in remotely-controlled turrets.
How do female pilots pee?
They are specially shaped bags with absorbent beads in them. If we have to relieve ourselves, we’ll unzip the flight suit—which is designed to unzip from the top as well as the bottom—unroll the piddle pack, and then pee into it.
Do pilots sleep with air hostess?
Pilots often sleep with the stewardesses One time, the flight attendant recalled a pilot sleeping with an air hostess mid-flight. Next: Sometimes those stewardesses are much younger than the pilots.
How does pilot see at night?
Pilots rely on flight instruments, navigation sensors and weather sensors (primarily radar) instead of normal vision when flying at night or passing through cloud. Other lights on a plane include red and green LEDS on each wing which identity which direction the plane is facing when flying at night.
