USMC 1971 vintage AH-1J Sea Cobra flight helmet and grouping

[littlegto]

The "Cobra" helmet (also in my avatar) 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.

 

 

 

 

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[northcoastaero]

Nice SPH-3B helmet and display. Does the communications cable on the back have a detachable rectangular amplifier on it?

[Fly USMC]

Nice Helmet and Great Display.

 

Semper Fly,

John

[littlegto]

Nice SPH-3B helmet and display. Does the communications cable on the back have a detachable rectangular amplifier on it?

 

Yes it does.

[Bebel]

Nice grouping. I like very well the way you display the helmets bag. I'm thinking to do the same for vintage nylon flight jackets and some other stuffs.

 

Franck

[flytiger]

Nice group! HMA-369 had a heck of a tour in VN a few years before this guy flew the J.