2007-10-09 19:57:20 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
The same reason they clean the arm of the person they are about to inject with poison when putting someone to death. It is just standard procedure. Really good question, though.
2007-10-09 20:05:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Aw, for the love of,....
This is sort of like a child asking why the sky is blue. (You try explaining light refraction through the atmosphere to a 4 year old.)
They wore helmets because it was part of their uniform, much like the British troops wore cholera belts well into 20th century, long after keeping one's midsection warm, (particularly in blazing hot climates,) was proved not to be a defense against cholera.
The war is over, there are no more Japanese Kamikazes for our navy to worry about, and it's pretty much moot; the helmet is not going to prevent the death of someone trying to deliberatly crash an aircraft into a carrier.
The wore them because it was part of their uniform, it was an honor for them to serve, and because they could.
Enough with Kamikazes and Helmet questions, enough with building airplanes out of the same material as the (orange) black boxes, and parachutes.
Try google. Try an aviation museum. Oh, wait, you can use google to find an aviation museum.
That's a lousy, sarcastic answer, but if you go back a few days you'll see that it's already been asked. As you seem to have proven yourself to have been proficient with a computer here, take some time, research other answers to the question that has been thrown out more times than I care to count on the same blasted subject.
JT
2007-10-10 03:32:14 · answer #2 · answered by jettech 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
If you took note - they also wore very warm jackets and insulated trousers, gloves and boots . . . When you get up in the air it gets really cold and at their cruising altitude of about 16,000 feet, it's well below zero degrees . . . Those helmets were lined and very warm . . .
When you ride in an airliner, the cabin is pressurized and heated for comfort, unlike the kamikaze pilots' cockpits . . .
2007-10-10 04:08:47 · answer #3 · answered by sazeech 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Lighten up, jettech, Many of the answers are hilarious. I can't help but keep laughing. Some people really have a great sense of humor.
2007-10-10 17:17:13 · answer #4 · answered by billy brite 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the location some places don't have helmet laws.
2007-10-10 07:56:24 · answer #5 · answered by pecker_head_bill 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I don't believe you could call them helmets more like a leather hat.
2007-10-10 14:57:53 · answer #6 · answered by Airmech 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This it the truth! It was the law...they also had to wear seat belts.
2007-10-10 03:06:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
If you were dodging anti-aircraft fire and other aircraft to blow up a ship, it would be nice to stay conscious until you completed your mission.
2007-10-10 14:12:31 · answer #8 · answered by Lab 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It held communication gear; it helped him complete the trip, not survive it.
2007-10-10 03:08:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
So they would have something to pee in on a long flight
2007-10-10 04:27:10 · answer #10 · answered by shufly 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋