1973 Lee Majors Six Million Dollar Man Signed Test Pilot Helmet (JSA) for Sale

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1973 Lee Majors Six Million Dollar Man Signed Test Pilot Helmet (JSA) For Sale

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1973 Lee Majors Six Million Dollar Man Signed Test Pilot Helmet (JSA):
$180.00

On May 10, 1967, Bruce Peterson was piloting the Northrop M2-F2 liftingbody. The M2-F2 rolled violently from side to side on approach as he tried tobring it under control. Peterson recovered the aircraft, but it carried it offcourse from it’s intended landing zone. He was now headed towards an unmarkedarea of the lake bed where it was nearly impossible to estimate his height overthe ground, because this area did not have the guidance markers that theplanned landing spot had. Peterson, an excellent pilot, quickly andinstinctively raised the nose, damping out the lateral motions.

A rescue helicopter appeared in front of the M2-F2, momentarily distractinghim, but was quickly called cleared off by Peterson’s chase pilot. Coming inhot and dangerously low, Peterson fired the landing rockets to provideadditional lift and the M2-F2 started to flare. Peterson initiated the landinggear, which needed only one-and-a-half seconds to deploy from up-and-locked todown-and-locked, but time had run out. The gear did not have time to fullylock, and the M2-F2 hit the lakebed at nearly 250 mph. The craft began tosomersault violently, tumbling across the lakebed.

It bounced, tumbled and rolled over six times before finally coming to rest.He had suffered a fractured skull, multiple broken teeth, had broken bones inhis hand, plus had a huge portion of his forehead scraped off. The incident wasthe bases for the book, “Cyborg” by Martin Caidin which was thenturned in the icon 1970s TV show starring Lee Majors.

The TV show, which debuted March 7th, 1973 wastitled “The Dark Side of the Moon”, and was inspired by the real life crash ofBruce Peterson. Astronaut Colonel Steve Austin was piloting a test plane when afterexperience difficulties during the flight, uttered the famous words, “werebreaking up” before crashing.

Colonel Austin survived, but his injuries includes the lossof one eye, his legs, and one arm. With the aid of the doctors from the OSI (Office of Scientific Investigation), the top secret governmentagency determined “We can rebuild him, we have the technology.” The Six MillionDollar Man was born. Lee Majors starred in the title role from 1973-1978.

The staff of MEARS Online sales has created this exclusiveoffering and made this item available for the first time to the hobby. LeeMajors, the \"Six Million Dollar Man\", has personally autographed thistest pilot helmet. The helmet is a two piece space helmet that has been signedin near mint blue sharpie by Lee Majors. The signing was witnessed by theprofessional staff of JSA (Jimmy Spence Autographs). The helmet includes theJSA autograph witness sticker which has been entered for permanent recordkeeping in the official JSA database. Helmet was photographed on a white sterofoam mannequin head for this listing and is NOT included with the purchase price.