• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Home
  • Contact

Golf Hotel Whiskey

Golf Hotel Whiskey: for pilots and aviation enthusiasts

New helmet being tested by RAF Tornado GR4 crews

If you thought that aviation related innovation in Britain was a thing of the past, Richard Clements has written a post for David Cenciott’s blog The Aviationist noting a recent press release from BAE Systems about its new helmet mounted cueing system for Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 crews.

Specifically, the helmet is similar to the American Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS) and the Eurofighter Typhoon’s Helmet Mounted Symbology System (HMSS) in that it projects information about points of interest directly in front of the pilot’s eye. The request for a helmet specifically for the RAF’s Tornado GR4 fleet had come in April of last year and within months, the system was integrated into the aircraft.

The new helmet is now being operationally tested in Afghanistan by the 617 Squadron of the RAF – a squadron with a rich history dating back World War II (specifically 1943) when it was formed for dambusting missions over Germany using “Bouncing Bombs.” The squadron was later used to attack German U-Boat pens using 21,000lb “Grand Slam” bombs.

BAE Systems’ newsroom also has a short video about the helmet and its innovative capabilities but it would be interesting to know or wonder whether something similar could be developed for general aviation pilots.

image

Reader Interactions

Trackbacks

  1. New helmet being tested by RAF Tornado GR4 crews – Golf Hotel … | Share My Aircraft News says:
    April 11, 2012 at 20:07

    […] Read Full Article This entry was posted in INTERESTING ARTICLES FROM THE WEB. Bookmark the permalink. ← General Aviation Forecasting Model

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Matthew Stibbe
Matthew Stibbe is CEO of Articulate Marketing and Turbine, the easy, online way to deal with office paperwork. He has an FAA CPL/IR and an EASA PPL/IR and sometimes flies a Cirrus SR-22. He also writes about wine at Vincarta and being a better manager at Geek Boss.
Bureaucracy must die eBook
Subscribe via RSS

Recent Posts

  • IATA Airport Abbreviations
  • Upcoming Concorde and Apollo documentaries
  • Lie Back And Think Of England: London To Austin On BA’s New 787 Dreamliner
  • Video: Parachuting from the edge of space
  • Hilarious preflight safety video for GA aircraft
  • San Francisco Airport at night – beautiful time lapse video
  • A practical jetpack (finally) takes off
  • A man in a hot air balloon realises he is lost
  • Pegasus House: The former HQ of the Bristol Aeroplane Company is restored
  • Vintage British aviation posters from the 1920-1930s

Copyright © 2023 Golf Hotel Whiskey. All rights reserved.