Vintage Flight Deck Helmet

[hink441]

I finally was able to get a plane captain's cloth flight deck helmet. It is brown in color and I believe is from around 1969, if I read the contract date correctly. I have wanted one for a long time and was able to find this one. It has a small hole on the right side but overall it is in good condition. Does anybody have some more of these and how about the different colors? Thanks for looking.

 

Chris

 

[hink441]

Here is an old picture with some other colors on the flight deck. Yellow, blue and I think green hats are in this picture.

 

Chris

 

[hink441]

Here are some red hats (ordies) hard at work. Enterprise 1943

 

 

Here is another red hat doing some OJT as a shooter. Coral Sea CV-43.

 

[gunbarrel]

Good one, Chris! :thumbsup: I did no know that the Captain's was brown. Glad you finally added one to your collection.

 

This is the one I'd like to add to my collection--a Hospital Corpsman's:

 

[hink441]

GB, that Corpsman hat would be a great addition to anyones collection. Thanks for the picture. :thumbsup:

 

Chris

[hink441]

Here is another nice picture. Yellow and blue hats.

 

[TomcatPC]

So, that is what I had been wearing had I been born in 1950 instead of 1970? LOL!! Thanks for posting something for us Plane Captains!

Mark

[TomcatPC]

Maybe I'm looking in the wrong places, or what ever, but I just have not seen much USN Flight Deck Kit lurking about anywhere. I wonder if anyone has a WWII Flight Deck Jersey stashed away that has been forgotten? This sounds crazy I know, but I'd love to find a tie-down chain one of these days LOL. Anyway, thanks again for this topic, I appreciate it.

Mark

[hink441]

Mark,

I got lucky on e-bay and found this Plane Captain hat. You don't see a lot of these, but on the other hand, there are not many people collecting these

 

Here is another picture of the blue shirts doing the Chocks & Chains routine.

 

Chris

 

[TomcatPC]

I'd love top find a set of chocks too LOL. Both WWII and the sort we used on shore in the 1980s and 1990s LOL. I have seen recent (as in Post-Vietnam) flight deck cranials once or twice whilst one of the few times I check out Ebay. But, either these people thought they were made of pure silver or they did not have a Brown one for us PCs. I tend to stay away from Ebay for the most part, I don't do auctions, but one of these days when I actually have some cash to spare I might check again for a "Buy it Now" deal, if I can find one. That will be quite some time though LOL.

 

I'd love to see Naval Aviation Kit take on a following....but not going to hold my breath LOL.

Thanks

Mark

[bleujacket34]

Here is another nice picture. Yellow and blue hats.

 

 

What a great picture! Do you have a date and ship for this picture?

[hink441]

What a great picture! Do you have a date and ship for this picture?

 

These pictures come from a Navy video from 1943. Here is a site that has color Naval Archive pictures.

 

http://www.historylink101.com/ww2_navy/org...nnel/index.html

[hink441]

Here is a Plane Captain riding brakes while the Blue shirts re-spot in the hangar bay.

 

[bleujacket34]

Here is a Plane Captain riding brakes while the Blue shirts re-spot in the hangar bay.

 

 

Thank you! I would love to see that training film! Some great color photos of the jerseys which are hardly photographed. I have mostly just seen the flight deck crew in the colored t shirts and helmets. I have only ever once seen one of the jerseys(sweaters) for sale and it was way out of my price range sadly.

 

Andrew

[hink441]

Wowser!! I see these three flight deck helmets just sold for $372.67.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...=true&rt=nc

 

Here is a picture for the record;