Item Description
Original Item: Only One Available. This is a late 1950s era United States Navy USN Helicopter Flight Helmet type APH-5 Helmet manufactured by MSA (Mine Safety Appliances). It has the correct early type thick roam rubber edge roll, and the base color is white, now painted over with U.S. Navy gold. It still has the internal padding, however there are no avionics installed. It also does not have a retractable visor installed, and we do not know if it is just removed, or if the retaining system is damaged. The back of the helmet has the original maker label, which is mostly intact, indicating the manufacturer and the size of MEDIUM.
A great attractive helmet, which possibly service early during the Vietnam War. Ready to display!
The US Army introduced their first flying helmet, the APH-5A or APH-5 Quartermaster helmet in 1959. It was an adapted version of the US Navy Aircrew Protective Helmet no. 5 (APH-5). The change was mainly in the communications system as the US Army used the same impedance standard as the US Air Force. With the introduction of the APH-5A the number of head injuries incurred during US Army aircraft accidents was reduced by half compared to the number of head injuries incurred before helmets were used.
The early examples of the APH-5A had the same thick foam rubber edge roll as the US Navy APH-5 and usually came in white color. Later examples had thin black rubber edge beading and usually came in olive drab color.
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