Pilot Flight Helmet

RARE 1950s vintage USAF Pilot flight helmet Gentex DH5-3 Experimental Prototype

RARE 1950s vintage USAF Pilot flight helmet Gentex DH5-3 Experimental Prototype
RARE 1950s vintage USAF Pilot flight helmet Gentex DH5-3 Experimental Prototype
RARE 1950s vintage USAF Pilot flight helmet Gentex DH5-3 Experimental Prototype
RARE 1950s vintage USAF Pilot flight helmet Gentex DH5-3 Experimental Prototype
RARE 1950s vintage USAF Pilot flight helmet Gentex DH5-3 Experimental Prototype
RARE 1950s vintage USAF Pilot flight helmet Gentex DH5-3 Experimental Prototype
RARE 1950s vintage USAF Pilot flight helmet Gentex DH5-3 Experimental Prototype
RARE 1950s vintage USAF Pilot flight helmet Gentex DH5-3 Experimental Prototype
RARE 1950s vintage USAF Pilot flight helmet Gentex DH5-3 Experimental Prototype
RARE 1950s vintage USAF Pilot flight helmet Gentex DH5-3 Experimental Prototype
RARE 1950s vintage USAF Pilot flight helmet Gentex DH5-3 Experimental Prototype
RARE 1950s vintage USAF Pilot flight helmet Gentex DH5-3 Experimental Prototype

RARE 1950s vintage USAF Pilot flight helmet Gentex DH5-3 Experimental Prototype

The DH-5 was developed by Gentex in the mid 1950s as a USAF version of the US Navy DH-5-3 to replace the P-4 variants. Its shell was constructed of a fiberglass cloth reinforced with epoxy resin and internal suspension system adjustable by external straps was used.

The DH-5 incorporates the earphone so no internal cloth helmet was used, the oxygen mask was secured to fast snap bottoms on external leather tabs. The external visor was moved and secured by means of two lateral tracks system.

The USAF chose the HGU-2/P so this helmet never reached the operational service. The item "RARE 1950s vintage USAF Pilot flight helmet Gentex DH5-3 Experimental Prototype" is in sale since Friday, May 22, 2020. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Militaria\1954-60\Original Period Items".

The seller is "jfieldz" and is located in Brooklyn, New York. This item can be shipped worldwide.


RARE 1950s vintage USAF Pilot flight helmet Gentex DH5-3 Experimental Prototype