Could also be a problem if another aircraft mistook it for a refuelling
tanker and tried to dock...
Jez
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 8:40 PM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > As a follow-up to Chris Barker's comments about relief tubes, this one
> > shows the simplicity of the systems in use in the early years. The small
> > funnel normally found beneath the pilot's seat is attached to a tube
> which
> > terminates in the throat of the venturi which can be seen beneath the
> > fuselage, directly under the cockpit. In flight, this arrangement
> > guarantees that flow from the funnel is always in the proper direction.
> ;-)
> >
>
> Not quite. The problem with this system was freeze up.
>
> AG
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