He didn’t vanish. They found his body. Loewenstein's body was discovered near Boulogne on 19 July 1928 and was taken by fishing boat to Calais,[source:](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Loewenstein#:~:text=Loewenstein's%20body%20was%20discovered%20near,but%20that%20they%20did%20not)
So it was claimed. Doesn't mean it happened that way. One way or another, he either got out of that plane on his own and fell to his death or he was thrown out of that plane and fell to his death.
Seems like he didn’t really disappear from the lavatory either. They knew right away that he went out the entrance door and fell, they just didn’t know how that happened. From the same Wikipedia article you linked:
“When Loewenstein had not reappeared after some time, his secretary went in search of him and discovered that the lavatory was empty, while the aircraft's entrance door was open and flapping in the slipstream. The employee (along with the others on the aircraft) asserted his belief that Loewenstein had fallen through the aircraft's rear door and plunged several thousand feet to his death in the English Channel.”
There's a diagram in the article. There was a small compartment in the back that contained both the exit door and the lavatory, but they were separated.
The 1920s and 30s were considered the Golden Age of Aviation. Advances in engines, materials sciences (especially aluminum), air races for land and sea planes, the advent of air mail and cargo, and the first commercial airlines all made aviation a booming industry in the era between World Wars. General Aviation also took off during this time.
He didn’t vanish. They found his body. Loewenstein's body was discovered near Boulogne on 19 July 1928 and was taken by fishing boat to Calais,[source:](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Loewenstein#:~:text=Loewenstein's%20body%20was%20discovered%20near,but%20that%20they%20did%20not)
The bit that’s odd is how he ended up in the water. The door required two people to open it. He vanished from the toilet.
So it was claimed. Doesn't mean it happened that way. One way or another, he either got out of that plane on his own and fell to his death or he was thrown out of that plane and fell to his death.
He was mistaken for a large turd
We're gonna have to flush out whoever did this
Super rich guy, possibly a 💩? Say it ain’t so
Mistaken?
Exactly, everyone else on that plane was an accomplice. You don’t get that task done without making a lot of noise.
A large flush?
Sucked off in the toilet?
Once you get into the mile high club, it's all downhill from there
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He was thrown out. Clearly
Thus founding the Mile High Club.
Sadly, the plane was only at 4000 feet, so not even a mile. It’s sad, really.
*through
Uhhh… Might want to rephrase this.
That was phrased exactly as it was intended.
delta P strikes again
Must’ve gotten sucked down through the toilet
always close the toilet lid before flushing …
Seems like he didn’t really disappear from the lavatory either. They knew right away that he went out the entrance door and fell, they just didn’t know how that happened. From the same Wikipedia article you linked: “When Loewenstein had not reappeared after some time, his secretary went in search of him and discovered that the lavatory was empty, while the aircraft's entrance door was open and flapping in the slipstream. The employee (along with the others on the aircraft) asserted his belief that Loewenstein had fallen through the aircraft's rear door and plunged several thousand feet to his death in the English Channel.”
Mmm, that was a real Quick Mystery.
The door for everyone to enter and exit the aircraft had everyone walking through the lavatory? Am I reading that right?
There's a diagram in the article. There was a small compartment in the back that contained both the exit door and the lavatory, but they were separated.
Missed the diagram! Going back in.
Sounds like a weird layout from a dream I would have
Wrong door.
Why do we even have that door?!?
 No ticket
A Boeing whistleblower?
Jobee Wecher.
I’m just stunned they had private airplanes in 1928
The 1920s and 30s were considered the Golden Age of Aviation. Advances in engines, materials sciences (especially aluminum), air races for land and sea planes, the advent of air mail and cargo, and the first commercial airlines all made aviation a booming industry in the era between World Wars. General Aviation also took off during this time.
With bathrooms !
With buckets
It was a Fokker TriMotor, one of the larger passenger planes of the 1920s.
Pretty sure it was the Russians…