Frederick Wilson wrote in message news:QDVMb.43355$sv6.119352@attbi_s52...
Joa wrote:

Can anyone recommend a very lightweight helmet that has built in ANR
or that can be retrofitted with it? Something similar to the light
skiing helmets folks are wearing or perhaps something like a hockey
type of helmet (paint it black and look Delta).

Thanks.

Joa

The Army GBU-56 (army surplus?) is pretty darn light weight. Has clear and
gray shields and it looks cool.

Fred

I think you mean the HGU-56.
http://www.check6aviation.com/pages/...ge/phh8082.htm $315.

But the original poster was looking for an ANR device. The ultralight
people have helmets with cutouts for headsets, like the David Clark
cranial, for a bit less, but not much less money.

Not sure this link will work, if it doesn't, Google "California Power
Systems" http://mikes.automated-shops.com/cgi..._sresults.html

Get one of these, and couple it with your favorite ANR headset, or,
get the add-on ANR kit for one of the headsets these helmets are
designed for.

The purpose of such a helmet IS a bit debatable. The guy who flipped
his Bearcat a few years back was probably wearing one; the impact
broke his neck. Mr Brock might have survived his crash at Rosamond had
he been wearing one (his wife did), but who wants to, in a pleasure
flight with a passenger.

If you're wearing a shoulder harness in a plane with decent interior
design, and good rollover protection, OK fine, you don't need one.

The army fits it's helicopter aircrews with cranials for protection
for flying objects, from fire, and for comms. Also people aren't
always strapped in when flying helos, and when they crash, they may
get ejected or at least banged into something. Cranials keep a larger
fraction of those people alive.

It all depends on what kind of flying you're doing, in what kind of
airplane.