Picture A Day – 27 January 2009

27 January 2009

Technical difficulties once again prevented posting last night. They should be fixed for good now

I’ll edit this later to add more info on the picture

And now it’s time for the rest of the story

I’d posted a thread over on F-16.net about some flight helmets that were also being called motorcycle helmets on ebay. I was skeptical as to their worth and real value as a helmet for flying purposes, let alone motorcycle purposes. Especially so considering the $9.00 to $30.00 selling price In the end, we figured that they were OK for decoration, but you wouldn’t want to trust your cranium to one

Fast forward to a couple of weeks ago and my buddy JR (who I met via F-16.net) sends me this one in the mail as a Christmas present JR may not be a military veteran, but he has been involved with them as a contractor on several occasions. He’s also a pilot with time the T-33 & F-104 along with having been on several different civilian airshow teams. Oh yeah, he rides motorcycles, too. Both of us know there’s no way I should ever get on a bike or plane with this on my head, but I like the looks and it was a great gift from one of my best friends around Now I’ve got a helmet to go with my Mosin Nagants and AK-47