Elm Grove Publishing

               The

     

        Yellow

                   Helmet

 

UNITED STATES NAVY

Blue Angels

 

FLIGHT HELMETS

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Jeffrey D. Guidry

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Foreword by  CAPT. Greg "Rugdance" Wooldridge, USN (Retired)

 

 

The first ever book to explore the history, development and evolution of the United States Navy Blue Angels flight helmets, from the team’s inception in 1946 to the present day.

A companion book to The Red Helmet by the same author, this volume looks at the various helmets used throughout the Navy display team’s 75-year history, from their humble beginnings when pilots wore nylon fabric helmets, through the evolution to hard shell headgear constructed of fiberglass, Kevlar and high-tech resins.

Meet several Blue Angels through in-depth interviews, and go behind the scenes at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, home of the Blue Angels.

The book is illustrated with hundreds of black & white and full color photos of Blue Angels flight helmets, many from the personal collections of Blue Angel pilots, as well as museums and other private collections, spanning 75 years.

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336-pages, large format 8.5" x 11" (215mm x 280mm) casebound hard-cover, profusely illustrated with color and b/w photographs, most of which have never been previously published.