Chinook pilot look?

[Utrinque Paratus]

Thinking of doing a Chinook pilot look in a few months, as it's pretty original! Have some ideas:

RAF OD Flight Suit
ARES L85A2 Carbine
Maps of Afghanistan in the pockets and such?

However, what kind of plate carrier/vest do they wear if shot down, and what kind of helmet could I pick up?

[bravotwozero]

Re: Chinook pilot look?

sorry about that..

[Tactical Ronin]

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Whats the issue?

[Utrinque Paratus]

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Err, I'm not minisnipa. Chinook pilots carry maps of Afghanistan while flying, even state of the art gear can fail. I'd ask my mate what he uses, but he's off training at the moment.

Edit: Maybe I wasn't clear enough. In the knee pad pockets in particular.

[LtPurcy]

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Wasnt even minisnipa it was sniperian get your facts straight people.

If your wanting to do chinook pilot then you have the issue of headgear, do you want to shell out on a helmet or do you want to look like youve been to a top gun party

Vest wise they would have some kind of emergency vest/harness with stuff in which are illegal to obtain

So really there arent many options

[Utrinque Paratus]

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How much would I be expected to shell out for a proper helmet?

[LtPurcy]

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A lot
i would say contact sniperian he has one but hes banned

hunt around the auction sites etc do some googling you may find something

[Panoptes]

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How much would I be expected to shell out for a proper helmet?

Several hundred, I'd say...

[LtPurcy]

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Yup but i guess finding one will be the hard part
best of luck to you on the loadout

[murta369]

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osprey? or CBA? with sig on drop leg. or one of those really small plate carriers that just hold plates sort of like this with one or two mag pouches and a pistol pouch

[Leon_London]

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I also thought about a similar load out but with the pilot from black hawk down, I found it ended up being more problems then it was worth though tbh.

[jordan245]

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i wouldnt expect a he would keep the helmet after being shot down, not much use to him

[LtPurcy]

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Been looking at picture because im nice like that.

What i can see so far is that the vest they would wear would go over body armour and they would then carry a rifle and pistol as well as EDC (Emergency defence carry) knife, they would ditch the vest since its useless and so far i havnt seen any survival vests.

[murta369]

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If you are doing a shotdown chinook look then forget the helmet keep the flight suit and find some armour plate carrier but not like a ricas for example like murta suggested above with a m4 pouch n what not maybe, but remember pilots wont be packing magazines a plenty or ammo

Yes they will. and to be frank in ASTAN they wear ddpms now to make them look like ordinary soldiers. because the taliban kill or torture on site any suspected heli pilots. so they would ditch there helmet. throw on an assualt vest or have mag pouches with a canny bit off ammo and tab to the nearest point of saftey with there L22a2 AFVs rather than L85a2s Expecting a fight

[murta369]

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read apache mate that will help the writer says he ditched all other stuff and stached ammo