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F-35 Pilots’ New Helmet
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| 10/13/2011
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Posted on 02/24/2012 5:06:40 PM PST by U-238
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posted on
02/24/2012 5:06:48 PM PST
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U-238
To: U-238
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posted on
02/24/2012 5:08:02 PM PST
by
Jet Jaguar
(Romney=Gun Grabber.)
To: U-238
Whoa...ET comes to mind looking at that
To: Jet Jaguar
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posted on
02/24/2012 5:08:38 PM PST
by
U-238
To: U-238
It looks like Mikey Dukakis’ tank helmet to me.
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posted on
02/24/2012 5:10:18 PM PST
by
paddles
("The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates." Tacitus)
To: BubbaJunebug
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posted on
02/24/2012 5:11:12 PM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: U-238
At 6+ G its a couple hundred extra pounds.
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posted on
02/24/2012 5:16:10 PM PST
by
Jacquerie
(No court will save us from ourselves.)
To: paddles
I think you have nailed it, the thing will probably be in just as big of demand. If the cost is like the plane it should be about 5 million per Mikey.
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posted on
02/24/2012 5:24:06 PM PST
by
org.whodat
(Sorry bill, I should never have made all those jokes about you and Lewinsky, have fun.)
To: Jet Jaguar
Does anyone know what a fighter pilots helmet would have cost in 1982?
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posted on
02/24/2012 5:24:34 PM PST
by
ansel12
(Romney is unquestionably the weakest party front-runner in contemporary political history.)
To: Jet Jaguar
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posted on
02/24/2012 5:27:41 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
To: U-238
Looks like the helmet of an Imperial Tie Fighter pilot.
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posted on
02/24/2012 5:32:06 PM PST
by
rbg81
(scillian's)
To: rbg81
It does. That is probably where the engineers got their inspiration from.
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posted on
02/24/2012 5:32:57 PM PST
by
U-238
To: U-238
Same helmet I wore riding on my old Tote Gote.....okay, okay, maybe it wasn’t that hi-tech!!!
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posted on
02/24/2012 5:35:06 PM PST
by
bobby.223
(Retired up in the snowy mountains of the American Redoubt and it doesn't get any better than that!)
To: Jacquerie
They don't intend on this thing getting into a turning fight. It's all about sensors ensuring a first shot. It's basically a sensor/weapons platform.
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posted on
02/24/2012 5:39:48 PM PST
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ryan71
(Dear spell check - No, I will not capitalize the "m" in moslem!)
To: ansel12
"Does anyone know what a fighter pilots helmet would have cost in 1982?"
IIRC the USMC/Navy helo pilot's helmet 1974-78 time frame was about $300.
The helo helmet was a dual visor and a bit heavier than the fighter pilot helmet. They had a single visor which had to be swapped for night flying. We had both stored in the helmet at all times.
It weighted about 3 lbs, IIRC.
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posted on
02/24/2012 6:45:34 PM PST
by
BwanaNdege
(Man has often lost his way, but modern man has lost his address - Gilbert K. Chesterton)
To: U-238
What could surpass
this one?
To: BwanaNdege
Thanks, I traded a newer model for some knives around 1982.
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posted on
02/24/2012 7:17:17 PM PST
by
ansel12
(Romney is unquestionably the weakest party front-runner in contemporary political history.)
To: U-238
This has been a known problem for a long time. It seems as though this turkey is looking more and more like a turkey buzzard.
To: diogenes ghost
It should not be the sole aircraft for fighters. It should be evenly spread out between the F-15SE and F-22 fighters. There are multiple fighter airplanes in the USAF. Never put your eggs in one basket
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posted on
02/24/2012 9:06:11 PM PST
by
U-238
To: ansel12
Why 1982? Why not 1912?
Aviation Safety Measures for 1912
The First Flight Helmetfrom The Literary Digest, 1912
Attached is an overview of the technological advancements that had been introduced in the aviation community in 1912. References are made to the superiority of the Pneumatic Flying Helmet (pictured below), and the installation of the W. I. Twombly Safety Harness, oil gauges, self-acting gas pumps, double-cables, self-starting motors and heavily re-enforced wheels.
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