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Got lucky and stumbled upon this at a Film set sale. But could definitely use help in identifying just exactly what I've got! Any help would be appreciated.

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vandertrout wrote:

Got lucky and stumbled upon this at a Film set sale. But could definately use help in identifying just exactly what I've got! Any help would be appreciated.

Sorry; I can't resist...

I'm not certain in these matters as my given speciality is motors, but it looks like a helmet, one often worn by modern fighter pilots... LMAO

You may want to confirm that with a "Survival & Flight Equipment Guy"...

Helicopter helmet, 1 ea.

Try this It looks like a HGU-55.

http://www.transaeroinc.com/catalog.cfm ... p;pStart=1

Gentex dual visor HGU-55/P with intergrated chin and nape strap, boom mounted electret mic.

Thanks so much for the info. greatly appreciated. Happy Holidays all!

How much did that cost ya? Drool

and who signed it?

vandertrout wrote:

Got lucky and stumbled upon this at a Film set sale.

Maybe it's signed by the cast of "Blackhawk Down"??

Very Happy

regards, OL

It's definitely not a chopper helmet guys. The chopper guys wear a different type helmet, and are colored OD Green. This one's a -55P. My -55P also has a retractable boom mike, however, mine also has receivers for the oxygen mask bayonets. This one does not.

I can't think of any movie in recent memory where the characters wore something like this, but then again, I don't watch too many flying movies, because they're usually about 2 hours of horse flop.

"Mayday, Mayday, Mayday! Maverick's in a flat spin! He's headed out to sea!" Laughing

"Dad, will the Maverick fire if we're still on the ground?" LMAO

Well the front end guys on a helo may not wear the 55, but the guys in back like the loadmaster or crew chief just might, although I don't see the bayonet mounts for the O2 mask. Anyone know what do the SOF guys at Hulbert wear on the PAVE LOWs?

Only sig I could make out was what looks like "Trevor Wheatley", but didn't get any actor hits off Google or IMDB.

TC wrote:

"Dad, will the Maverick fire if we're still on the ground?" LMAO

Actually....yeah...the Mav could fire on the ground, at in my sims anyway. There's a seldom used switch (that shall remain nameless unless ya figure it out) that ya had to enable besides Master Arm to do it.

http://www.transaeroinc.com/HGU-84P.html

regards, OL

LinkF16SimDude wrote:

the guys in back like the loadmaster or crew chief just might...Anyone know what do the SOF guys at Hulbert wear on the PAVE LOWs?

No Loadies on helos (THANK GOD!), and as of a couple of months ago, there are no more PAVE LOWs in the USAF. I do, however, believe that those guys wore 55Ps or 84Ps.

The Blackhawk guys have a completely different setup...54Ps, which can then be mod'ed with some of their mission specific equipment.

LinkF16SimDude wrote:

There's a seldom used switch (that shall remain nameless unless ya figure it out) that ya had to enable besides Master Arm to do it.

I'm guessing this has something to do with the WOW?

Mmmmm....good guess...but no. I can't recall if was on the C's (I believe it was) but it was definitely on the A's.

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Film set sale - Identify this helmet