littlegto Posted November 22, 2015 Share #1 Posted November 22, 2015 I found this at the Leavenworth, Kansas militaria show yesterday. I traded an SRU-21/P survival vest for it. This looks to me like a Toptex flight helmet. The visor itself looks like it is from a P-4 helmet but the visor arms and mounts are clearly Toptex. There is no liner and no earcups. The earphones are present along with the wiring and the helmet has a really nice pair of Hardman bayonet receivers. I only had about $20 bucks in the survival vest I traded for it so I couldn't pass it up for that price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlegto Posted November 22, 2015 Author Share #2 Posted November 22, 2015 More Toptex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLeo Posted November 22, 2015 Share #3 Posted November 22, 2015 I'd say you did pretty well ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfixer Posted November 22, 2015 Share #4 Posted November 22, 2015 talk about trading up....good score...nice clean helmet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespicker Posted November 23, 2015 Share #5 Posted November 23, 2015 The visor system is a 1952 Lockheed patented device. It was used on the Toptex from that period. I think your helmet is a Bill Jack Scientific "Flight Sound" helmet. This helmet would have a foam rubber inner helmet and few of these liners survive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlegto Posted November 23, 2015 Author Share #6 Posted November 23, 2015 The visor system is a 1952 Lockheed patented device. It was used on the Toptex from that period. I think your helmet is a Bill Jack Scientific "Flight Sound" helmet. This helmet would have a foam rubber inner helmet and few of these liners survive. Thank you for the information Bluespicker! I didn't even think of the Bill Jack helmet. I was focused on the visor system. I did compare this helmet to the Toptex I have and I noticed some other differences as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlegto Posted November 24, 2015 Author Share #7 Posted November 24, 2015 Would this be the correct liner? http://www.flighthelmet.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=FHL&Product_Code=HGUP-6172&Category_Code= http://www.flighthelmet.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=FHL&Product_Code=HGUP-1144&Category_Code= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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