US Navy RVAH-5 grouping - Vietnam war -

[Saigon1965]

[Saigon1965]

[Flyin Brian]

That's a great set of gear, Luong!! I can see why you are into that era, really cool stuff.

[69Mach1]

Nice. Thanks for sharing.

[Saigon1965]

Thanks Brian - I do enjoy collecting them -

Elk hunter - Your's has to be the 5" blade too then - Post a picture please -

Here's some info on the knife -

http://www.gotavapen.se/gota/artiklar/fs/s_knivar/us/jet_pilot.htm

Good to see you frequent the C&R forum 69 -

[Enfield47]

Neat collection Saigon, you have some really cool stuff that you've been collecting. Any plans to open that museum soon?

[BrokerB]

Kind of a rare helmet. ..nice

Super sonic nuke bomber!!!...it pooped its bomb out the back between the jets)

[G-Man WC]

Thanks for sharing Lu.
Someday I'll find out your Viet connection.
-g

[MasterChief]

Heavy Five was on USS Enterprise CVN-65 during 1971-1973 cruises. We lost one (and crew) during nightime strike mission and one struck the round-down another time (left a nice dent but no one hurt). We used to get popcorn from their ready room. Bat Corn, we called it. Classic, beautiful jets.

[Saigon1965]

Enfield - Perhaps one day....

Broker - Check out this link for helmets -

http://www.salimbeti.com/aviation/helmets2.htm

Gary - My Viet connection is "Pho"! LOL -

MasterChief - Wonderful that you cruised with Heavy Five!

They didn't built too many of these -


I'd like to find some flares for the gun one day -

The MC-1 knife has a weak spring - I'll have to find a replacement -

[emcon5]

These are the same gear I carried in the Navy in the late 80's/early 90's. I wish I could remember what I did with the knife.

There was a RA-5C on a pillar outside the chow hall at NAS Memphis.

Checking Google maps, looks like it is still there: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Na...b409cd!6m1!1e1



Neat airplane.

[echo1]

Cool stuff. I had one of those helmets (dropped it just wrong and broke the shield), I still have that flair pen. I had a strobe but it walked off 4 decades ago. PAX

[pitfighter]

Great gear, very interesting and a representative of history.

[Killer Bee]

nice collection of history

funny though, we still had mk31 flare pens in '06-'07 on my last deployment in NCW..

someone in our det fired one inside the pilothouse of one of our boats

[Paulie Lugnuts]

Very cool, did the pilots carry a side arm?