"Dave Kearton" wrote

On that "somebody had to say it" note , can somebody clue me in on what a
'wheel hat' is ?


Is that the beanie with the propeller on top ?

Close. The wheel hat is a circular shaped affair, popularized by bus drivers,
and sanitation engineers. I think the airline pilots still like them as well, but
they almost always wear them with clip-on ties, which completes the "dork"
look to a tee... Curtis LeMay loved the hat:

http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/afp/afp0198.htm