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Predator-Style Helmets Allow Pilots to See Through Planes

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the also-makes-you-look-super-badass dept.

nitroy2k writes "It is only the neck and shoulders that prove there is a human being in there somewhere. And this isn't any Star Trek or Final Fantasy kind of trick, but the next generation of RAF fighter pilots' look, which kinda makes you wish you were in the army." And you thought Air Wolf had badass headgear.

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  1. army? by TrappedByMyself · · Score: 5, Informative

    which kinda makes you wish you were in the army

    So you could admire the cool helmets the Air Force, Navy, and Marine pilots have?

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    1. Re:army? by EvilMonkeySlayer · · Score: 4, Informative

      Navalised Typhoons are the backup plan in-case the Americans don't come through with the F-35's flight system software, which they are somewhat bizarrely not handing over. I heard there was some progress but it all seems to have gone somewhat quiet of recent.

      Apparently the UK has plans to develop a navalised Typhoon, but plans are very different from an actual plane. So, in otherwords.. if the UK doesn't get the flight software for the F35 then the UK pulls out of the JSF program, doesn't buy any F35's and instead develops a navalised Typhoon.

      Of course, there are good points and bad points to that:

      Good:
      * The Typhoon is faster, has a longer range and in every regard except for stealth/low radar visibility outperforms the F35
      * We won't be dependant on the USA in the slightest

      Bad:
      * It will take time and lots of money to develop a navalised Typhoon
      * The Typhoon isn't capable of VTOL (useful for the current Invincible class carriers, not so much for the new QE class carriers)
      * A navalised Typhoon will cost more maintenance wise than an F35 for carrier usage. (think wear and tear, landing vertically with a nice lift fan doesn't damage an aircraft airframe or under carriage anyway near as bad as an arrestor hook landing)

  2. Earlier ... by foobsr · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/new-helmet-allows-fighter-pilots-to-peer-through-the-jet/

    engadget, CA - 23 hours ago
    No, the headgear in the photo above wasn't some unused prototype created for The Terminator; rather, it's a snazzy new helmet designed to give fighter ...

    CC.

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  3. Link to original article by SpectreBlofeld · · Score: 5, Informative

    Link to the original Daily Mail article: The Terminator-style helmets that allow fighter pilots to see through their planes

      Note to submitters and Slashdot editors: Don't link to blogs. They get Slashdotted.

      It's especially shiatty when a blogger doesn't even provide a link to the article he's pulling his text and images from.

      Interesting how the blogger switched the referenced Schwarzenegger character of choice from The Terminator to the Predator in his 'article' to make it appear as original content.

  4. Re:Slashdotted? by echucker · · Score: 5, Informative

    Because it's really not a FA at all... It's a blog that links to an article. Would it kill the editors to actually link to a story, instead of just bump up joehaveablog's hit counter?

  5. Link to the actual article by Jucius+Maximus · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://news.softpedia.com/news/Predator-Style-Hemlets-Allow-Pillots-To-See-Through-Planes-70542.shtml