‘Luxury’ Headset for Rotor Market
Active-noise-reduction specialist Lightspeed Aviation (Booth No.

Active-noise-reduction specialist Lightspeed Aviation (Booth No. 308) is introducing its Zulu Helo headset at Heli-Expo 2008. It is a product the Lake Oswego, Ore.-based company describes as the first “premium-priced, luxury headset” designed specifically for the rotorcraft market.

The headset design uses magnesium, which Lightspeed said stops 10 times as much sound as traditional plastic ear cups. Lightspeed engineers even introduced into the design magnesium in combination with specially tuned plastics.