[simpits-tech] Neat find at the local surplus store.

[Simon Bennett]

It's Ed's Surplus in Lynnwood, Washington. They had about 5 helmets, all the 
same price, different sizes, all had something missing or broken. I got the 
nicest one I could find. Most of the others had broken visor housings, 
missing liner pads, and no earcups. They had a couple G-suits for 10$ each, 
but they were both size small. Not much else aviation related except a few 
flight suits and one or two helicopter pilot's survival vests. They don't 
really have too much in the way of really nice or hard-to-find stuff. A 
pretty decent selection, compared to other surplus stores I've been to.

>From: Phoenix2000 at phoenixcomm.net
>Reply-To: Simulator Cockpit tech list <simpits-tech at simpits.org>
>To: Simulator Cockpit tech list <simpits-tech at simpits.org>
>Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Neat find at the local surplus store.
>Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 23:11:04 -0600
>
>sound like a cool surplus store what else do they have?
>BTW where is it? maybe a name?
>
>Cris
>
>At 01:25 AM 12/22/2004, you wrote:
>>Earlier today I bought a flying helmet for $65. Not quite sure what type, 
>>looks like a HGU-33. It was pretty much complete, too, liner, visor 
>>assembly, visor lock knob and everything. The outside's a little dirty but 
>>that hardly matters. I took it home, took apart the visor assy (it was 
>>sticking for some reason), cleaned it up a little, and spent some time 
>>replacing the old military speakers (the speakers were there, as well as a 
>>lot of decaying foam, but the connecting wires were totally gone) with the 
>>speakers out of a broken pair of headphones. Works good now. It's a great 
>>deal considering a similar helmet would sell for more than twice that 
>>elsewhere, and god only knows how much brand new.
>>
>>Now all I need is a mask. Who knows, there's still a few days until 
>>Christmas...
>>
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