littlegto Posted July 27, 2014 Share #1 Posted July 27, 2014 I have seen several posts of fantastic flight helmet collections so I though I might share my collection of hard shell flight helmets. I have only been collecting since 2009 so my collection is small. I currently have 40 flight helmets in my collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sgtdorango Posted July 27, 2014 Share #14 Posted July 27, 2014 Oh man, thats an awesome collection!....cool firebird peddle car too!.....mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespicker Posted July 27, 2014 Share #15 Posted July 27, 2014 I like your collection and you have done quite well in a few years of collecting. Have to ask: the MONT ANG NCOA? What is your connection to them? The reason I ask: I was USAF 1973-77 stationed at Malmstrom AFB in Great Falls 24th NORAD. we were ground control for the 186th FIS Montana Air Guard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlegto Posted July 27, 2014 Author Share #16 Posted July 27, 2014 I like your collection and you have done quite well in a few years of collecting. Have to ask: the MONT ANG NCOA? What is your connection to them? The reason I ask: I was USAF 1973-77 stationed at Malmstrom AFB in Great Falls 24th NORAD. we were ground control for the 186th FIS Montana Air Guard. Thanks Bluespicker. I am nowhere near your collection (I have visited your website) but it is growing slowly. The Montana ANG helmet is a blue painted M1 helmet liner. I found it on eBay for stupid cheap so I snagged it. I liked it for the F-106 silhouettes which are done in reflective tape like the lettering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant U. Posted July 27, 2014 Share #17 Posted July 27, 2014 Great collection. I noticed the helmet in your avatar and the framed helmet bag both have cobras on them. What's the story behind them? Also, I really dig the Van Halen chopper helmet! Bryant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Ragan Posted July 27, 2014 Share #18 Posted July 27, 2014 Great collection! I've always liked aviation helmets, both soft and the later jet types. They do make most impressive displays! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irish Posted July 27, 2014 Share #19 Posted July 27, 2014 Wow, now that is a nice helmet collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlegto Posted July 27, 2014 Author Share #20 Posted July 27, 2014 Great collection. I noticed the helmet in your avatar and the framed helmet bag both have cobras on them. What's the story behind them? Also, I really dig the Van Halen chopper helmet! Bryant The "Cobra" helmet belonged to one of the first AH-1J Sea Cobra pilots in the USMC. He wore this helmet in 1971. He was quite an artist having decorated both his helmet and his flight helmet bag. Along with the helmet I bought the custom painted flight helmet bag, an AH-1J manual, his checklist and a kneeboard - all named to him. The Cobras he painted on the helmet bag have faded so I had the custom case built to protect the remaining artwork. The patches were not on the bag, I simply put them inside the case with the bag. I should post photos of the entire grouping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant U. Posted July 27, 2014 Share #21 Posted July 27, 2014 That's excellent. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueBookGuy Posted July 27, 2014 Share #22 Posted July 27, 2014 A GREAT collection...!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Many years ago I also had a similar project - at least, one helmet for each and every variant and subvariant, but subsequently my preference for some full-sized pilots (as complete and perfect as possible) from various periods, accounted for my planned resources - at least, what I could devote to this very interest. In this respect, now I do have no more than eight different jet-age helmets, one being worn by each pilot: one Russian (MiG-25), one Italian (F-104G), six U.S.: F-86E, UH-1, RF-101, F-4B, F-14, F-16. . My compliments again - such a great quantity of nice helmets is a joy for eyes. Greetings from Italy - Franco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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