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Old 27th Feb 2002, 09:43
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The glareshield (the black shelf above the instruments) doesn't need to be coated with UV reflecting material, as the cockpit windows will block UV-B (the injurious part of the UV spectrum). Acrylics, however, will not block UV effects.

UV-C is absorbed by the atmospheric ozone and is not supposed to reach the earth
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