H-5 helmet in Swiss Air Force use

Message 1395, Mar 7, 2004
Hello all! Here a little add-on of info about one of the "Swiss H-5" pictures, more precisely the one showing a pilot and another man shaking hands. Picture has been taken the 16 July 1965. The pilot is sitting in a Swiss AF Mirage III (J-2302) and picture has been shot in..Holloman AFB /White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico USA....quite fare away from home...
Pilot is Manfred Brennwald, Swiss AF test pilot, and the other man Hughes test pilot Rocky Jones. The reason of the picture was the first Falcon missile launch from a Swiss Mirage after the integration of the Hughes TARAN Radar. "Victim" of the shoot was a QF-80 drone..this was the first time a non-NATO/OTAN nation was performing weapons trials in the US ( ..so I was told..)
Bregards to all, SIWA

Message 1382, March 7, 2004
Hi all, Finally I got around to update the Best of Flightgear page on the Swiss H-5 helmets. SIWA sent me some very interesting pictures from the time before these helmets were modified with the gull-wing cut. He also included some pictures of an H-5 helmet used by Oberstleutnant Am Ryhn Beat when he flew as #5 in the Swiss aerobatic team Patrouille Suisse as late as 1984. Based on photographic evidence SIWA has been able to deternime that the H-5 helmet was used in Switzerland as late as 1986-87. Last but not least SIWA sent me two scans from the 1962 Pilatus P-3 flight manual showing helmet and oxygen mask. Enjoy! All pictures are uploaded for your viewing pleasure.
Cheers, Bluelight
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Message 648, Jan 26, 2004
Hi all, This time SIWA has spent some time taking pictures of his Swiss Air Force H-5 helmet. We have discussed this type of helmet in the old group but the pictures reveal at least two new things (to me at least). One is the helmet protective case shown in the first picture and the other is the Sportex Zürich label inside the helmet. It is not known to me whether Sportex manufactured these helmets or if they were Gentex' agents in Switzerland.
Cheers, Bluelight
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 H-5 helmet used by the Swiss Air Force. © SIWA Click on thumbnails to see larger pictures.