Color is not so much the point, any color would do depending on the pilot's wish. 2 nice examples here :
These are some of the first USAF jet era helmets from the 1950's onwards. Navy/Marines pilots used slightly different helmets compared to USAF. Tweet drivers in the 1950's would wear this type of USAF P-1A to P-4A flight helmets:
During the 1960's the P series would be replaced by the USAF HGU-2A/P flight helmets. F.i. the visor is now covered when it's in the up position :
In the 1970s the HGU-2A/P would then be replaced by USAF HGU-26/P which looked very much like its predecessor but this time the pilot had two visors instead of just one. He could change from clear plexiglass to dark sun protection or use both.
From the 1980's on the still used today Gentex HGU-55 appeared on the jetfighter scene. The USAF's last Tweet (don't know about Twitter cause i don't use it) was retired in 2009 but this is a photo from 2018 (Colombian AF) so apparently Tweeties are still flying (don't know about that).
So that wraps up my uuhh... lecture about flighthelmets being used in the T-37 thru the years. Fun for me because it's one of my many hobbyhorses
Btw, that CAF Tweet might be nice for a repaint ?...
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