while looking for something else (I'm sure you know all about that kind of thing) I came across this little ditty in The Wild Blue Yonder: Songs of the Air Force (9181):
Okay here is the answer that came through a historian who spoke to a crew chief of That’s All Brother (TaB). “In the tail . . . TaB has a urinal . . on the copilot side of the door . . . a sink on the pilots side along with a honey bucket.” So the song had some credence!
I have never seen that - how funny! That sounds like glider humor - I’ll have to look it up. I’m familiar with the Glider Riders song about being a dope on a rope and the airborne song about jumping so it is fitting the gliders had one too!
From what I understand they did not - they were modified from the DC-3, which was a passenger airline, to be more utilitarian for military use. I don’t know if the DC-3 had one, but I would think since it was a commercial airliner it would have. It could also be military humor or maybe there were a few that did? I know someone I can ask - I’ll find out and get back to you. Now I’m curious as well!
while looking for something else (I'm sure you know all about that kind of thing) I came across this little ditty in The Wild Blue Yonder: Songs of the Air Force (9181):
The Glider Song
Don't flush the toilet on the towship,
When the glider's on behind,
For there's nothing quite so
disconcerting,
As flying blind.
I love the high tow, I love the low tow,
I love to listen to the whistle of the wind;
But when you flush the toilet on the towship,
Brother, that's where I came in.
Okay here is the answer that came through a historian who spoke to a crew chief of That’s All Brother (TaB). “In the tail . . . TaB has a urinal . . on the copilot side of the door . . . a sink on the pilots side along with a honey bucket.” So the song had some credence!
Not something I remember finding in my references (though most of my library focuses on the gliders and not the towplanes, in my defence).
It’s a good question, now we know.
And are aware of yet one more hazard faced by our glider pilot heroes
I have never seen that - how funny! That sounds like glider humor - I’ll have to look it up. I’m familiar with the Glider Riders song about being a dope on a rope and the airborne song about jumping so it is fitting the gliders had one too!
Yes, it’s also news to me that tow planes had toilets on board? Since it’s US I assume it’s a C47.
From what I understand they did not - they were modified from the DC-3, which was a passenger airline, to be more utilitarian for military use. I don’t know if the DC-3 had one, but I would think since it was a commercial airliner it would have. It could also be military humor or maybe there were a few that did? I know someone I can ask - I’ll find out and get back to you. Now I’m curious as well!