Brian Wizard

Brian Wizard artifacts on display at Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum exhibit

As you know, Brian Wizard was a permanent door gunner on the 118th’s Assault Helicopter Company’s smokeship, Pollution IV, in Viet Nam during 1968 and 1969. In his story, Permission to Kill, and in his documentary, Thunderhawks, you read about and see him wearing a custom-painted flight helmet. This very flight helmet, along with his scarf from the Second Flight Platoon, The Choppers, the cover photo of his novel, Permission to Kill, and some footage from his now award-winning film, Viet Nam: “Then and Again,” are all now on display at the Udvar-Hazy Center. This is the location of the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum’s Vertical Flight Collection.

You can see this display of Brian Wizard’s personal combat gear under glass the next time you visit the museum. However, until you get there in person, here are a few photos of the historic exhibition.

	Click on an image to view larger photo. Click here for a short video clip of Curator Roger Connor accepting the donation. (3.6MB MPG file, plays w/ Windows Media Player For best results, allow video to buffer, then play.)

Above is the Vertical Flight Collection, and right in the front you see the glass display case, which is seen below housing Brian Wizard’s flight helmet, platoon scarf, and photo.

Too cool, or what? Of course, like the Film Festival success, this success paid not one penny. On the other hand, it is priceless recognition.

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