Nice to be able to read about helmets without having to wade through Jet Blast....
The "not wearing a helmet cos it makes me look daft" thing is interesting. I like going skiiing and rockclimbing, and these are sports in which you really should wear a helmet but practically no-one does because it looks naff. Yet I wouldn't ride my bike or get on a horse without wearing a hard hat (I noticed from a picture in the paper that even Princess Grumpycow has started wearing a proper hat to chase foxes in although her ugly daughter is still trusting to the tongue stud for protection).
Grown-ups wearing helmets on recreational ski slopes are gradually becoming a more common sight. Wonder if if ten years we'll all be hatted up? (assuming there are any airfields still open then)
One thing is for sure: I'd rather be seen in or near an aeroplane wearing a flying suit or a helmet than wearing a tie. GA people in ties, now that really IS weird...
[This message has been edited by FNG (edited 20 December 2000).]