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Flight Helmets?

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TXFlyGuy

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I have always been under the impression that wearing a good flight helmet would go a long ways in saving your butt if you had a high G impact and crash.

But, there is evidence that a helmet really won't do that much for you. Two recent crashes, a T-51 and a P-51, illustrate the point.

Both crashes were fatal. In one case, the pilot was wearing a helmet. It did not save him.

In the P-51, the passenger died from the impact. He was not wearing a helmet, but the UK authorities stated in the accident report that a helmet would not have saved him.

So...what real good is a helmet? Unless your are a biker, then it makes a lot of sense.
 
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