Original U.S. WWI Aero Squadron Leather Flying Helmet With French Flight Goggles - Marked For The 44th Aero Squadron Century It has not been cleaned

It has not been cleaned

smoke grenades can be thrown prior to movement in order to provide a wall of visual distraction that reduces the accuracy of enemy fire and temporarily deceives them as to the force's location

This example has a barrel of just under 39"

The fuselage was a steel tube truss design with formers and longerons to define the aerodynamic shape

The controls consist of two knobs and a tuning dial marked with numeric scales from 0-100 in opposite directions

Original U.S. WWI Aero Squadron Leather Flying Helmet With French Flight Goggles - Marked For The 44th Aero Squadron Century It has not been cleanedOriginal Item: Only One Available. This fantastic rare example of a genuine WWI Aviator flying helmet is made of a soft leather and is nearly identical to a known SPALDING pattern helmet, in fact it may very well have been made by Spalding but the maker label fell off. To see the Spalding marked helmet check out this link (it's about 2 3 of the way down the page and has a black cat painted on it). Construction is brown leather chamois lined flying