Niki Posted July 23, 2015 Share #1 Posted July 23, 2015 I recently bought this helmet online and i think its a nice looking piece. Dont know if the mask is correct , its a MS22001 dated 57/58/59 with a red bottom MC-3A . Anybody knows in what aircraft it is used in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northcoastaero Posted July 23, 2015 Share #2 Posted July 23, 2015 Nice helmet and mask set! The set looks to be correct for the early 1960s with modification/removal of the leather tabs with snaps and the addition of the Sierra black painted mask receivers with T bayonets. The squadron will probably difficult to figure out. The lightning bolts and diamonds could give a clue. Since there is no boom microphone assembly, I am guessing fixed wing jet fighter type aircraft such as the F3H Demon, F4D Skyray, FJ Fury, F9F Cougar, etc. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niki Posted July 23, 2015 Author Share #3 Posted July 23, 2015 Thanks alot . I am trying to dress a full display pilot with this helmet so i can take a Z-3 g-suite with a mk-2 survival vest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northcoastaero Posted July 23, 2015 Share #4 Posted July 23, 2015 The z-3 anti-g suit would be correct. The yellow MK-2 life preserver vest with 4 pockets on the outside could be used with the aircraft not using the Martin-Baker ejection seat. The Martin-Baker seats would use the MA-2 torso parachute harness with a MK-3C life preserver unit and possibly SV-1 survival vest. All of the aircraft that I mentioned above transitioned to the Martin-Baker type seats during the late 1950s or the early 1960s. Maybe as late as 1962. I will have to take a look at my Martin-Maker MK-5 series book and others to give you exact dates for each of the types of aircraft mentioned above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northcoastaero Posted July 23, 2015 Share #5 Posted July 23, 2015 The following are additional aircraft that the helmet/mask could have been flown in: F11F Tiger TV Shooting Star T2V Seastar Martin-Baker seats were used with some of these aircraft also later on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northcoastaero Posted July 24, 2015 Share #6 Posted July 24, 2015 Possible aircraft from the early 1960s and original seats vs Martin-Baker seats. -F3H Demon----------Original seat-----MBEU MK-M5 by 1959. -F4D Skyray----------Original seat-----MBEU MK-P5 by 1961. -FJ Fury----------------Original seat-----MBEU MK-N5 by 1961. -F9F-8 Cougar--------Original seat----MBEU MK-X5 by 19__. -F9F-8T Cougar------Original seat----MBEU MK-A5 by 1958. -F11F Tiger------------Original seat----MBEU MK-Z5 by 19__. -TV Shooting Star----Original seat----MBEU MK-__ by 1963. -T2V Seastar----------Original seat----MBEU MK-L5 by 1964. -F2H Banshee--------Original seat----MBEU ? -The Martin-Baker MK-P5 used in the F4D Skyray used a seat pan that accepted a REDAR hose from an oxygen mask mounted mini-regulator or a special connection that was molded into the mask hose end. The oxygen mask did not use the MC-3A connector with the MK-P5 seat. -I am not familiar with the MBEU seat in the F11F Tiger. Mask most likely used the MC-3A connector? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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