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KA-6D integrated squadrons later than 1970 (did not find exact date). If they flew only high altitude, no mic would be more probable. However, I found out that at this time some pilots could switch plane and mission, and have therefore a helmet with boom mic plus mask receivers, just to make the things less simple...

Reedoak do both version : with and without boom mics. To my knowledge, pilots started to install boom mics on regular helmets, to have the choice between using the mask in altitude or cold weather, or the mic instead of the mask at low altitude in hot conditions. When not used, the boom mic is stacked above the helmet. You can find pictures with boom mics helmets on Intruder, Phantom II, Skyhawk, Skyraider...etc. and later even in F-14 (gulf war) and F-18. It was not uncommon but also not the general settup.

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Hello ! Following our previous announcements, we have now the pilot and copilot for the US Navy SH-60, and made also the matching seats. pilot has the collective control stick in left hand. All seats are separate from aircrew. So here is the general layout : here is the cockpit view : Note that, except the laptop, the operator desk, IP, central console and Cyclic on the pictures are not from us. Have a nice day Norbert

Hello ! we are still on the SH-60 Seahawks crew, The Systems Operator is now ready too : Cheers Norbert

Hello ! Reedoak is currently working on US Navy / USMC helicopter crews : here is the cabin crew sitting 4, visor down, equipped with the safety restraint belt : Cheers Norbert

Hello For a change with seated pilots, we made an US advisor in Vietnam, 1967-1969 era. Note he is not necessarily related to aviation : Cheers Norbert

Hello For a change with seated pilots, we made an US advisor in Vietnam, 1967-1969 era. Note he is not necessarily related to aviation : Cheers Norbert

Hello For the F-15E, we added the WSO figure, for the same 80s - 2000s era so far (in the back seat) : Cheers Norbert

I know that, it was even so in vietnam, in the Air Force, and even Robin Olds had his knife pocket cut by some of his guys when arriving in his unit in Vietnam. However, The knife pocket you see is the one on the G-suit and I never saw it cut out (and also never saw a knife inside) Cheers Norbert

many thanks for the pictures. Your mask seems to have an extra short cord from the divider to the helmet connection. Mine is much longer. Even on the video here : first picture shows it short (under the combat edge hose), and at 4:11, you see that there is even a prolongation cord in use (the one in spiral) that you see hanging, but your remark is interesting and I will take it into account

Many thanks for your input. Here we have what I would call a demo team version, as was requested to me by some modellers. The cable on the left side is the com cord. I know that the MBU-5 from vietnam war era was still sometimes in use, but you usualy see MBU-12 mask on pictures from the desert storm era. SEAWARS were, as you said, in use at this time, but they are fixed to the parachute riser buckle, which is not provided here, as it connects to the seat, and may be provided with the seat straps. For the fly over water, a LPU life preserver is also missing on this version, will come with

We have already F-16 and F-18 pilots in 1/144. For this one, we will design before the WSO for the 2 seaters

Hello i'm still on USAF aircrews from the 80s-2000s era : we adapted the F-16 pilot that was designed recently in order to get A-10 and F-15 versions, modifying arms and legs positions : Inside the A-10 : and inside the F-15 : cheers Norbert

Reedoak has both vietnam and modern versions of US Navy wheel chocs, in different scales, designed on scans from the real things