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Helmet, Flying, Protective, Type H-4, United States Navy

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    United States Navy Type H-4 Protective Flying Helmet; gold fiber glass shell with brown rayon and cowhide inner webbing; adjustable boom dynamic microphone attached to right side of helmet; red manufacturer's tag with adhesive on back inside nape of hard shell (see Marks for full text); green nylon inner soft helmet with three panel construction; green nylon tapes reinforcing seams; black rubber P/O H-87A/U reciever headphones with green chamois ear padding; green cow hide buckle chin strap; brown cow hide reinforcing with two snaps for oxygen mask; green nylon adjusting strap on back nape of nylon helmet; green cotton webbing straps with snaps attach inner helmet to protective helmet shell; black nylon manufacturer's tag with gold embroidered text (see inscriptions for full text) sewn on inside nape of nylon helmet; United States Naval Aviator's badge wing decal on front brow of helmet.

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Jason A. Smith

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11/13/2017

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National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

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Aviation; Equipment; Flight Gear; People; Uniforms

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National Air and Space Museum 650 Jefferson Drive SW
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202-633-2214

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Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center 14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway
Chantilly, VA 20151

703-572-4118

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