Airbus has Guppys in collections both at Hamburg and Toulouse.
It looked like this but installed next to the pilot seat.
http://heroicrelics.org/wings-of-freedom/b-24-interior/dsc19083.jpg.html
In fighter cockpits they had the famous “relief tube”. A pipe next to the seat to the outside world to pee in.
In bombers they had the one mentioned above. I was reading somewhere the typical “water” used to flush it at altitude was the remaining hot coffee in big thermos carried on long flights. Lavs would ice up frequently.
So where is she now? Shipped to Hamburg?
Some fantastic airplane collection he had and so nicely restored and displayed in flight.
I liked how he did stuff to enjoy for the public: His music museum and the library in Seattle, the airplane collection, the cinema and program, I think a music festival as well. Somebody who shared his passions.
Hopefully Stratolaunch will fly.
In some german forum it was claimed the FAA didn’t want to accept the LH new designed “DC-10”-style cockpit intended for the renovated bird as one of the reasons they halted the project – aside from extreme costs.
So it has been certified by the Swiss CAA. It’s officially named “Junkers F 13” now not Rimowa anymore. Manufacturer’s name has been changed to Junkers Flugzeugwerke AG at Dübendorf in Switzerland.
Pic and german newsbit:
https://www.flugrevue.de/zivilluftfahrt/flugzeuge/junkers-f-13-ist-wieder-verkehrszugelassen/750818
They should mothball it so the wing doesn’t have to be cut to keep the airworthy restoration as an option for the future. Moving it to Germany might destroy the wing now that so many structural parts have been restored to top condition. I can understand that Lufthansa had to pull the plug after costs ran out of control.
They only confirm the decision to move it to Germany. An airworthy restauration is not confirmed anymore.
There used to be this Heinkel He 111H-23 on display at RAF Hendon which is a later wartime model that got simplified in many details. Some parts considered not vital were even left out to ease production.
German wartime build quality went down over time. Expected aircraft service life was reduced to just months or weeks before being shot down or damaged beyound repair. Construction was simplified in many details, ersatz-materials (wooden parts instead of aluminum) chosen, and when damaged many airframes were just thrown away. Production lines were moved into the open and hidden in woods and forced labor staff used for assembly. As the war neared it’s end the germans had only very limited fuel supplies so what they had left didn’t fly much anymore. Finally quite a few pilots got moved to become infantry.
pictures Me 262 open air final assembly
http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/hitlers-geheime-flugzeugfabriken-fotostrecke-106748.html
US Army Aviation H-Hueys in Berlin had those exhaust pipes.
https://www.usarmygermany.com/Units/Berlin%20Brigade/Partials_Avn%20Det%204.htm
Final US-Hohenfels Hueys had them removed.
https://www.google.de/search?q=Hohenfels+Hueys&rlz=1C1GGRV_enDE749DE749&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiinI-73MjZAhVGDewKHaacACMQ_AUICygC&biw=1664&bih=900#imgrc=bXmv_D2V2fIn4M:
The BWB stamp above is the acceptance stamp of “Bundesamt für Wehrtechnik und Beschaffung – BWB” the federal military procurement office.
Later H-model US-Hueys had their exhaust blowing upwards through “horns”, while the Germans had straight out exhaust pipes towards the tail. Some chopper connaisseurs claim to hear the sound difference in flight.
Great find. Thanks.
Can’t find any recent flight activities. Where is she? Any Dübendorf spotters around here please?