I was wondering if anybody could tell me if the item below is aircraft related.
I noticed it in a junk shop and it look familiar but I’m just not sure. I did wonder if if was related to an aircraft seat.
The zip (which is a dot zip) opens and the bladder inside apears to be rubber with a plug on the corner. Most stamps have been rubbed off so no clues there.
Any comments would be great as I have no idea what it is (or if it is even aircraft/aircrew related).
Johnnie
By: PeterVerney - 7th March 2012 at 19:55
Sorry to exhume this thread but I knew I had a pic somewhere which shows this emergency water bottle. Not the best shot in the world but the sequence goes, parachute, dinghy, water bottle.
By: PeterVerney - 7th March 2012 at 19:55
Sorry to exhume this thread but I knew I had a pic somewhere which shows this emergency water bottle. Not the best shot in the world but the sequence goes, parachute, dinghy, water bottle.
By: John Aeroclub - 5th March 2012 at 20:52
We had them on Canberra B.6’s in Libya in 1960. I recall one of the safety equipers was going to fill one with rum on the trip back to UK.
John
By: Arabella-Cox - 5th March 2012 at 18:14
Hmmm…
Yes, Peter. I’ve had water from rubber containers and it’s not nice:(
Anon.
By: PeterVerney - 5th March 2012 at 14:44
It certainly looks like the emergency water supply we carried in the Muddle East in the ’50s. Obviously seat pack with the slot in the centre for the parachute harness to pass through.
How drinkable the water would be is anyones guess
By: johnnie - 5th March 2012 at 13:19
Many thanks for the comments. My thought was seat related so thank you for both comments.
Johnnie
By: Arabella-Cox - 5th March 2012 at 13:06
Water cushion?
I think it’s a water cushion from an aircraft seat.
I presume it was to make prolonged flying journeys, when being strapped in ones M-B Mk.2 was nothing short of horrendous comfort-wise, a little bit more bearable.
Not sure if the water would have been drinkable though, i.e. I think it was just for bum comfort assistance not an emergency supply.
They seem to have been discontinued by the end of the fifties as I have seen or heard no reference to them after that.
Anon.
By: FLYING SAUCER - 5th March 2012 at 12:16
In my collection of survival items I have a flat rubber bag that looks similar (mine is from the 1950’s and constructed from white rubberised fabric) It is a water storage device in the event of a forced landing and the screw type stopper looks the same?
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