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VAW 115 Commanding Officer taped APH6


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Recent pick up, CO of VAW 115 taped flight helmet with bag and some extras. Helmet has been stored in a garage for the past 30 years so the foam in the ear cups are gone along with some rubber coating on the comm plug. There is s 2in crack in the rear of the visor housing (see pics) but is still a fantastic helmet. Will be for sale so if any interest just PM .

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The helmet is a 1976 contract APH-6DL modified to the APH-6CL configuration with the dual visor assy. One of the rectangular

amplifiers would connect to the end of the boom microphone cable. According to wikipedia.org, VAW-115 flew the Grumman E-2B

and possibly the E-2C Hawkeye at this time. The helmet also has an earlier M-95A/UR boom microphone element. The black Velcro

patch on the right side of the visor housing is for the SDU-5/E survival strobe light. Nice helmet.

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Recent pick up, CO of VAW 115 taped flight helmet with bag and some extras. Helmet has been stored in a garage for the past 30 years so the foam in the ear cups are gone along with some rubber coating on the comm plug. There is s 2in crack in the rear of the visor housing (see pics) but is still a fantastic helmet. Will be for sale so if any interest just PM .

Great catch!! I have a helmet from the same sqn but from a more recent era.

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