Helmet, flying
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1954–1959
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2005.0076.001
- MANUFACTURER
- GENERAL TEXTILE MILLS INC.
- MODEL
- H-4
- LOCATION
- New York, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- fibreglass(?) shell; rubber edging; foam padding; leather earphone cushions; synthetic fabric & leather liner & straps; steel & aluminum fasteners; steel microphone with aluminum arm; plastic coated cables
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 32.0 cm
- Width
- 32.0 cm
- Height
- 25.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Clothing
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- GENTEX
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- New York
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- served in RCN (short service appointment) 1949 to 1957
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
worn by John MacNeil during short service assignment as Pilot & officer in Royal Canadian Navy flying helicopters, including 3 currently in CAvM collection: Piasecki (PV-18) HUP-3 cat. no. 1967.0687.1; Bell HTL-6 (47G) cat. no. 1967.0641.1; & conducting test flights of Sikorsky S55/H04S-3 cat. no. 1970.1486.1 off deck of HMCS Buckingham, which led to operation of Sea King helicopters from RCN destroyers/ protection for head of Pilot during flight; microphone & earphones for sending & receiving radio voice communications; painted bright orange to enhance visibility if Pilot bails out in water - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- lettering on adhesive label affixed to inside helmet shell at back reads: "GENTEX [on logo]/TRADE MARK/GENERAL TEXTILE MILLS, INC./NEW YORK/PATENT APPLIED FOR/H-4 LARGE"; lettering hand written on inside surface of helmet shell reads: "McNeil"; lettering on cloth label sewn onto liner reads: "59.H-4.7 3/8/CONTRACT N383s-2135A/GENERAL TEXTILE MILLS, INC./NEW YORK, N.Y. U.S.A., PAT.PNDG./GENTEX/TRADE MARK [on logo]"; lettering on bracket for microphone arm reads: "TALK/WITH LIPS/TOUCHING/MIC"
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- front, back & sides of shell painted black; crown painted orange; green & tan straps; silver microphone arm; black microphone & earphones; predom. dark green liner
- Decoration
- Gentex logo (globe with lettering "GENTEX" superimposed) on labels inside helmet shell & on liner
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GENERAL TEXTILE MILLS INC., Helmet, flying, between 1954–1959, Artifact no. 2005.0076, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2005.0076.001/
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