Scott I suspect that during acrobatic events that it is much like drag racing. The helmet goes with the nature of the activity, and there is a much greater chance of crashing or a bad landing/roll etc....
The leather skins for open cockpits I would figure is for three things: 1 to keep the head warm; 2 to keep the bugs off and prevent the air from making your head feel like it is trying to pull all of your hair out (same on my motorcycle) ; 3 to securely hold a headset on your head for use of a radio when needed. A normal headset will not stay on in the windblast. The leather cap securely grips the head and places the speakers next to the ears. Most flying this way use and older style throat mike instead of a boom mike like on new headsets. Colin > > From: Scott William <scot...@yahoo.com> > Date: 2006/07/19 Wed PM 01:28:01 EDT > To: KRnet <kr...@mylist.net> > Subject: KR> Different Subject - "Headskins" > > Guys that fly open-cockpit planes often wear > "headskins"...what is the purpose of these? > > Also, is there sufficient risk of bumping one's head > to make pilots wear helmets in some of the stunt > planes I see? > > Ok, one more question....why do military pilots wear > gloves? Is it fire protection? > > > Thanks > Scott, the curious spam can pilot. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
