Timeline for How do fighter pilots manage food, drink & toilet?
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| Jun 22, 2015 at 22:03 | comment | added | KeithS | Yeah, the U2 was strictly subsonic in addition to high altitude, if you tried the same trick you'd likely freeze your food, not cook it. I'm guessing the cooking apparatus was a hack based on the cabin heater, which is necessary at the U2's service altitude even with pressure suits and a pressurized cockpit. | |
| Nov 21, 2014 at 22:12 | comment | added | David Richerby | Related to this, I think I read somewhere that SR-72 pilots would just put their ration pack against the cockpit window, which was so hot at Mach 3.whatever that it would heat up the food quite nicely, thank you very much. | |
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| Sep 25, 2014 at 7:37 | history | answered | chriscowley | CC BY-SA 3.0 |