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My personal experience with helmets: Lot's of years playing organized football, from the time I can remember in grade school through high school. Of course you wear a hard shell, fiberglass? with a suspension and foam interior. After demonstrating my great hands and blinding speed, I played more on defense than running back or receiver. I made a lot of tackles as an outside linebacker in a 5-4, and I am sure the helmet helped me, judging from the marks on it. You'd get knocked dizzy at times, and I got disoriented once, but never any permanent injury.
I saw a pilot, Craig Hoskins, hit the ground hard coming out of a loop in a Pitts at about 100mph and cartwheel. We thought he was dead, but he was wearing a full face motocross type helmet and he walked away. There was a big impact mark in the front that saved his forehead.
I ski raced for 10 years and wore a Bell helmet for downhill. I was pretty cautious, didn't take that many chances, but I did fall a couple of times at about 50 mph. I could feel the helmet spread the impact around and disapate the shock.
My Son Charles races a Yamaha 600 motorcycle that will top 150 mph. He wears a full helmet and it has saved him despite being knocked out twice in crashes. My Son David likes to ski extreme slopes and has also been knocked out in a crash, which again the helmet helped. Maybe there is now some evidence that light is better also.
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Bill Greenwood
Spitfire N308WK
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