Original U.S. Cold War P-4 Flying Pilot Helmet with Tinted Visor & Thunderbolt Decals
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Original Item: Only One Available. This is a very worn condition U.S. Air Force P-4 flight helmet that comes with a pull down spring loaded tint visor, but the lining is falling out with very heavy damage. There is no remaining data tag inside.
We are unsure of the maker or date due to the heavy wear. This example would look best displayed on a head. The leather and rubber pieces have very heavy wear, cracking, and crazing.
The shell has some red thunderbolt decals applied, giving the helmet a good overall look. This helmet has seen extremely heavy service, but it will still make a good display piece.
The USAF P-4 flight helmet was standardized in 1955 as a continuation of P-3 with improved avionics in order to make helmet headset communications and oxygen mask dynamic microphone compatible with aircraft intercommunication set AN AIC-10. the new H-75/AIC headset system was added as well as a new earphone cushions spring mounted and tethered to short nylon strings which protruded through the lateral helmet walls to be secured over a rubber over a rubber lock-nut and snubber bar. The P-4 was used with A-13A/MS22001 A-14 oxygen mask. The P-4A standardized in 1957 has a new visor mechanism that replace the side latching design with a tracked visor securing system actuated by grasping a central rubber knob and pulling the visor down into position. The newly assembled P-4A helmets made use of the new fiberglass shell material that replaced the earlier phenolic resin and molded cotton duck material.
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